Jasper County Democrat, Volume 11, Number 53, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 5 December 1908 — ASSASSIN CORNERED [ARTICLE]

ASSASSIN CORNERED

Threatens to Kill First Man Who Tries to Arrest Him. Lewistown, Pa., Dec. 4. —Frank Lee, colored, who shot and killed George Porter, also colored, because of a dispute over wages, is surrounded in a barn near McCoysville, Junitat county. Sheriff Kemberling has gone to the scene. Lee asked to be allowed to sleep in the barn. He was recognized and after he had entered the building, the alarm was given. Lee was ordered to surrender, but he refused and threatened to shoot anyone who attempted to capture him.