Jasper County Democrat, Volume 12, Number 9, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 1 May 1909 — LEW WALLACE’S COUBIN [ARTICLE]

LEW WALLACE’S COUBIN

Woman Killed by Robbers Related to Soldier and Author. Rockford, 111., April 30.—Mrs. Margaret Grippen, sixty-five years old, was found murdered at her home in Winnebago. Robbery is believed to have been the motive. Mrs. Grippen was a cousin of General Lew Wallace and widow of Lieutenant Demos Grippen of the Fortyfifth Illinois infantry.