Jasper County Democrat, Volume 11, Number 54, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 9 December 1908 — BILLEK’S NECK SAVED AGAIN [ARTICLE]

BILLEK’S NECK SAVED AGAIN

Condemned Chicago Man Reprieved by Acting Governor Sherman. ~v Springfield. 111., Dec. B.—Herman Blllek, convicted poisoner of the Vrsal family, has been saved again. Acting Governor Lawrence Y. Sherman granted the condemned man a reprieve until Jan. 29. Biliek was to have been hanged next Friday. Governor Donees is In Washington.