Jasper County Democrat, Volume 11, Number 53, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 5 December 1908 — CALL BOY STABBED TO DEATH. [ARTICLE]

CALL BOY STABBED TO DEATH.

Vincent Hermann Receives Fatal Wound Following Altercation. Logansport, Ind., Dec. 1. —Vincent Hermann, nineteen years old, head night call boy for the Pan-Handle railroad in this city, was stabbed by Joseph Milburn, another call boy, J last night. Hermann died at St. I Joseph's Hospital a few hours later, i The knife used by Milburn cut the ;jugular vein and it was impossible for physicians to stop the flow of blood. It seems that Hermann ordered Milburn to do some work and, when the latter refused, invited him 1 outside the Pan-handle yard office Ito fight. Hermann, it is alleged, ■ struck and knocked Milburn down and then Milburn, it is further alleged, pulled out his knife and cut j Hermann’s throat. Milburn is held on a charge of manslaughter.