Evening Republican, Volume 18, Number 108, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 7 May 1914 — Showman Shot at Sullivan Died In Hospital Wednesday. [ARTICLE]

Showman Shot at Sullivan Died In Hospital Wednesday.

F. A. Curtis, the manager of transportation of the Haag circus, who was shot last Tuesday at Sullivan, Ind., while directing the loading of the show- died in a hospital at Sullivan Wednesday. Claud Purcell, a ball player, who objected when Curtis ordered him out of the way, pulled a pistol and fired, the ball passing into Curtis’ right lung. Purcell is in jail and stands a chance of getting a long 'Sentence.