Evening Republican, Volume 20, Number 283, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 25 November 1916 — Dope Fiend Is Sent to Fowler On Robbery Charge. [ARTICLE]

Dope Fiend Is Sent to Fowler On Robbery Charge.

Lafayette Journal. Detective Eversole and Officers Hedrick and Connolly arrested Charles Fletcher, a dope fiend, at the Big Four station yesterday morning at 9 o’clock. He is charged with robbing the Rodman drug store at Fowler on Thursday night. Fletcher’s home is at Kentland, but he had been around Fowler for several days and is alleged to have put over two bad checks. He purchased some morphine on a prescription at the drug store on Thursday afternoon. It is said that he located the morphine bottle ■ broke out a glass Thursday night attd reached the bottle without entering the store. He was returned to Fowler yesterday afternoon by Marshal Bowman. IL. _ '