Evening Republican, Volume 19, Number 21, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 25 January 1915 — Clarence Messenger on Trial at Kentland Today. [ARTICLE]

Clarence Messenger on Trial at Kentland Today.

Clarence Messenger, who with a man named John Smith, are alleged to have enticed Frank Frosa, a man of weak mentality, to a secluded place near McCoysburg and rdbibed him of $7 some time ago, is on trial at Kentland today. Smith, who was a stranger, skipped out and was never apprehended. Deputy Prosecuting Attorney Sands went to Kentalnd to conduct the trial for the state. Messenger was eonfined in jail here for a time but was later admitted to bail.