Evening Republican, Volume 59, Number 83, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 28 April 1917 — Coroner Finds Man Killed Brother In Self Defense. [ARTICLE]

Coroner Finds Man Killed Brother In Self Defense.

Monticello Journal, Coroner Bruce Lung, of Howard county, yesterday made a finding of shooting in self-defense in the murder Wednesday of Dan Grume by his brother, Spencer Crume, after preparation of a mess of greens the two men had quarreled at their home near Burlington over the preparation of a mess of greens and corn bread. Both the slayer and his father declare that Dan Crume had .been drinking and that the brother was farced to use the shotgun in self defense.