Evening Republican, Volume 19, Number 204, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 28 August 1915 — Death of Clergyman Continues a Mystery. [ARTICLE]

Death of Clergyman Continues a Mystery.

Gary, Ind., Aug. 27.—One man was under arrest and several were detained for examination by the police today in an effort to apprehend the murderers of Rev. Edmund Kayser, who was slain at his home in Tolleston, a suburb, last Tuesday night. The names of the men were withheld and Chief of Police Heintz refused to disclose the nature of the evidence against them. The chief admitted today he had not discovered whether the clergyman was killed because of his pro-German utterances or for other acts which brought him the enmity of some of his neighbors. Elmer Leroy, an Englishman, said to have denounced Kayser in his church some weeks ago, was taken into custody, but later released. A trunk, which it was believed might contain proof of a plot to assassinate the minister was taken in charge by the police.