Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 74, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 5 April 1918 — PRO-GERMAN GUEST OF HONOR AT ROPE PARTY [ARTICLE]

PRO-GERMAN GUEST OF HONOR AT ROPE PARTY

Collinsville, 111., April 4.—Robert P. Praeger, said to be of German parentage, was hanged to a tree one mile south of the city limits tonight by a mob of 350 persons, who dragged him from the basement the city hall, where he had been hiding. Praeger was accused of making disloyal remarks in a recent address to miners at Maryville, 111.