Evening Republican, Volume 20, Number 129, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 30 May 1916 — TAKES CHILD’S SLAYER BACK TO HOME JAIL [ARTICLE]

TAKES CHILD’S SLAYER BACK TO HOME JAIL

Sheriff Sees No Furher Danger of Mob Violence to Farmer Who Threw Bucket Into Auto. Hartford City, Ind., May 29.—Albert Thomas, 45 years old, the Blackford county farmer charged with killing the 8-year-old daughter of Dr. C. E. Stout, of Upland, by hurling a bucket of com into the Stout auto as it passed him near here yesterday evening, was returned to this city tonight from Muncie. He was taken to Muncie late last night when a crowd threatened to ktorm the jail here. Sheriff Mills decided today that there was no further danger of violence.

<soroner Charles Rutledge, of this city held an inquest today and refiled a report with the prosecutor charging Thomas with murder. The grand jury convened today to investigate the killing. Witnesses of the killing declare that Thomas hurled the bucket containing shelled com with the intention of injurying some of the occupants of the Stout automobile. Thomas lives on a farm near the scene of the tragedy and has been well respected. He has a wife and, two children. Dr. and Mrs. Stout, with their daughter, were accompanied in the automobile by Mr. and Mrs. William Strait, of Upland, and their two chil-' dren.