Evening Republican, Volume 19, Number 216, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 11 September 1915 — Murderer of Nightwatch Tells How Shooting Happened. [ARTICLE]

Murderer of Nightwatch Tells How Shooting Happened.

In a confession made to Sheriff Popejoy, of Carroll county, on the way to Delphi from Milford, 111., where he was arrested, Charles Lawson told of the manner of the shooting of the Delphi night watchman. He said: ‘‘When Scallon arrested us he had me by the left arm and my brother, Oscar Lawson, by the right arm. He had my coat sleeve twisted. When we had come to a block of jail I reached in my pocket with my right hand and drew my gun. I raised it up over my left shoulder toward Scallon and told him to turn me loose, and as I said it the gun went off. I did not intend to Shoot Scallon. I merely wanted to bluff him, but the gun went off accidentally. I became excited and dropping the gun, ran away.”