Jasper County Democrat, Volume 2, Number 17, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 5 August 1899 — Jim Turpie Killed. [ARTICLE]

Jim Turpie Killed.

James H. Turpie of Lafayette, formerly of Monon, and well known in this and White counties met death at Lafayette Thursday morning at about 1:30 ©clock, by falling or jumping from the third story window of the Lahr House to the side walk below. He went to the hotel about 11 o’clock the night before and was shown to a room. An examinatson of the room showed that the bed had been occupied, and when found on the sidewalk he was entirely nude. As he never regained consciousness it is not known whether his fall was accidental or otherwise. Turpie had gained considerable notoriety throughout this section of the state through the noted Tur-pie-Lowe law suit in White county, and various transactions in which he was connected. He was no relation whatever to Senator Turpie, as stated in a Lafayette paper.