Evening Republican, Volume 19, Number 279, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 24 November 1915 — JURY GAVE EGER FINE AND SENTENCE [ARTICLE]

JURY GAVE EGER FINE AND SENTENCE

After Deliberation Man Who Shot At John Cloues Was Fined SIOO and Given 30 Days in Jail. Harry Eger, who several weeks ago in a fit of anger fired a charge of shot across a. 5-acre tract at his neighbor, John W. Clouse, was tried Tuesday and the jury spent five or six hours before they arrived at a verdict. They reached an agreement at 11 o’clock that evening but Judge Hanley did not receive the verdict until this Wednesday morning. It provided a fine of SIOO and a jail sentence for thirty days. Judge Hanley at once took up other matters and deferred the passing of sentence until a later time.