Evening Republican, Volume 18, Number 300, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 18 December 1914 — GAME WARDEN, HELD FUR MURDER, CLEARED [ARTICLE]

GAME WARDEN, HELD FUR MURDER, CLEARED

Deputy at Plymouth, Who Killed Fisherman, Acquitted on SelfDefense Plea. Plymouth, Ind., Dec. 17.—The jury in the case of Clarence P. Holloway, a deputy fish an>d game warden, charged with first degree murder sos the killing of Clyde Jeffries last August, today brought in a verdict of acquittal. Holloway sjiot and kiiled J effries when, it was testified, the victim was fishing illegally. The game warden testified that he shot in seff-defense after Jeffries had fired twice »t him in resisting arrest. Deputy Warden Stonebur ner, of Warsaw, who was with Holloway at the time of the shooting, gave similar testimony. Rodney Fleming, of Fort Wayne, | dhief state deputy game warden, and severe! other deputies, attended the trial, which lasted three days.