Jasper County Democrat, Volume 12, Number 9, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 1 May 1909 — LIFE TERMS FOR SIX [ARTICLE]

LIFE TERMS FOR SIX

Half Dozen, Guilty of First Degree Murders, Before Same Judge. Indianapolis, April 23. Judge Pritchard of the criminal court sentenced six men to imprisonment for life. All had been found guilty of murder in the first degree. Harry Doty, Harry Riggin, Edward Decker and George Miller were sentenced for the murder of Mrs. Mary Nichols on March 9 last. The four young men after beating the woman to death, took a small amount of money that had been suspended about the victim’s neck. Fred Cassel, colored, was sentenced for the murder of his wife. Charles Jackson,colored, had been found guilty of the murder of Madeline Howard and Joe Clemens.