Jasper County Democrat, Volume 11, Number 38, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 9 September 1908 — THOUGHT TO HAVE BEEN MURDER. [ARTICLE]

THOUGHT TO HAVE BEEN MURDER.

A. G. Clinger of Newton County Found To Have Died From Strychnine Poison. According to the Newton county papers that county is likely to have a murder trial on its hands. On August 13 Albert G. Clinger, a farmer residing three miles north east of Kentland, died under mysterious circumstances. The attending physician was puzzled as to the cause and said that he thought it was either poison or hydrophobia, and refused to issue a death certificate. \ Rumors that there had been foul play became so persistent that the stomach and brain of the dead man was sent away for analysis, and while the report of the examination has npt been made public, the Newton county coronor in his report on the inquest has found that death resulted from strychnine poison. Mr. Clinger leaves a wife, who was formerly Miss Anna Doris of Kentland, and a son. He was married some ten or twelve years ago. It is likely that the next grand jury in Newton county which will probably be called at the October term of court will investigate the circumstances his death and the stories which are being circulated in the neighborhood in which he lived.