Evening Republican, Volume 18, Number 113, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 13 May 1914 — Governor Blease Aide Is Killed in. Quarrel. [ARTICLE]

Governor Blease Aide Is Killed in. Quarrel.

Gray Court, 8. C., May 12.Ajohn M. Cannon, Judge advocate on Governor Blease’s staff, was shot dead hire today by Joseph G. Sullivan, member of a well known family and a political leader to Ibis section, as a sequel to a quarrel that arose during the trial of Sufllivan’s brother to a magistrate’s court. Sullivan was arrested and placed fn Jail. The tragedy occurred a short distance from the court room. . The principals walked away from the court after adjournment and the quarrel, that had arisen during the proceedings over Sullivan’s brother, was renewed. Sullivan, it is charged, drew a revolver and fired five times. Four shots took effect in Cannon’s (body. He died instantly.