Jasper County Democrat, Volume 11, Number 54, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 9 December 1908 — GETS LIFE SENTENCE. [ARTICLE]

GETS LIFE SENTENCE.

Jesse Woodruff, Convicted of Killing Wife, Asks for New Trial. | Brookville, Ind., Dec. 6.—The jury in the case so the State against I Jesse Woodruff, who was charged Iwith killing his wife, last night returned a verdict of murder in ! the second degree. The sentenoe is fixed at imprisonment for life. Woodruff was not visibly affected by the verdict, and a motion for a new trial was immediately filed by his attorneys.