Jasper County Democrat, Volume 6, Number 36, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 12 December 1903 — FRED STRUBE CAUGHT. [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

FRED STRUBE CAUGHT.

Illinois Fugitive Captured in Missouri Confesses to Murder. .¶ Fred Strube of Topeka, Ill., wanted on the charge of murdering Miss Alice Henninger, was arrested at Macon, Mo.,

by Chief of Police James Woods. The crime was committed on the night of Nov. 14, six miles east of Havana. When arrested Strube did not deny his identity or guilt, bnt refused to talk. Afterwards he broke down and made a full confession of the crime before Policeman

Woods and City Attorney Nat M. Lacey. He said it was jealousy on his part which prompted the deed.

He had been attentive to Miss Henninger for some time. She attended the marriage of a sister in Mason City, Iowa, and while there met another man, in whom she became interested, and he noted a difference in her manner toward him. On the evening of the crime he attended a box social in company with Miss Henninger and her sister. .¶ When they arrived at the Henninger home, on their return, he let the sister out and drove hurriedly on with Misa Henninger. He spoke of her cold manner. She told him she could not marry him.

.¶ This incensed him and he picked up a monkey wrench lying in the buggy and struck her twice. She fell to the ground and he leaped from the buggy and made sure she was dead. He then took the body to a nearby field, wrapped it in the lap robe and partly buried it in the sand. He proceeded to Beardstown, and from there went to Quincy, where he crossed the river on the boat and got into Missouri. He sold his horse and buggy, then went to Kirksville and later to Macon County. .¶ Strube was returned to Illinois and placed in jail at Springfield, the authorities fearing he would be lynched if taken immediately to the scene of his crime.

[Illustration of Fred Stube.]

FRED STRUBE.