Jasper County Democrat, Volume 11, Number 3, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 18 April 1908 — IN FIRST DEGREE [ARTICLE]

IN FIRST DEGREE

Is the Murder Charge Against “Dan” Day. HIS TRIAL SET FOR MAY FIFTH Murderer of Daisy Phillips Indicted by Grand Jury and Will Be Tried This Term of Court. ♦ ——• "Dan” Day, the crippled and deformed young man who shot down in cold blood and instantly killed Miss Daisy Phillips In Rensselaer on the night of April 2, was indicted for murder in the first degree by the grand jury this week. The defendant was arraigned in court Thursday and the case set for trial the last Tuesday of the' term. No plea was made. The defendant is represented by George A. Williams, and so far as now known there will be no other counsel for the defense. We understand a quick trial is desired and in all probability the case will be disposed of at the present term. Eight other Indictments were returned by the grand jury, one of which was against Fred Barger, a young man of Jordan tp„ who is charged with having shot and killed' one sheep and crippled three others belonging to Thomas Reed. He was brought into court and gave bond in the sum of SIOO for his appearance at trial. The case is set for trial next Thursday. The matter of booze selling by the Rensselaer druggists was looked' into, it is reported, a little and the druggists themselves testified. It Seems there has been a rather loose and indiscriminate selling of liquor by all the druggists on the buyer's signing one of the application blanks provided by law. False statements have been made in these by the purchasers, which could be prosecuted if desired. Probably booze will be a little harder to get here in the future. The grand jury adjourned Wednesday.