Jasper County Democrat, Volume 11, Number 68, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 27 January 1909 — BLAMES DIME NOVELS [ARTICLE]

BLAMES DIME NOVELS

Youth Confesses Murder—-Says Cheap Literature Inspired Crime. Mason City, la., Jan. 26.—W. L. Winter., aged nineteen, wanted at Union, la., for the murder of Leonard Trimble, has cor'essed to the murder. He said the crime was due to constant reading of dime novels. A reward of ? 1,500 had been offered for bis capture.