Jasper County Democrat, Volume 12, Number 33, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 7 August 1909 — KILLS IN ROW OVER A DIME [ARTICLE]

KILLS IN ROW OVER A DIME

Muncie Physician Shoots Conductor Who Demanded Excess Fare.

Muncie, Ind., Aug. 6.—Dr. Nelson B. Ross, forty years old, a physician of this city, and a brother of City Attorney Ralph W. Ross, shot and killed Daniel Linder, conductor of an interurban car, three miles northeast of Muncie.

Ross had failed to purchase a ticket and under a rule of the company 10 cents excess fare was demanded. Ross refused to pay and was put off the car, when, it is said, he opened fire, one bullet piercing Linder’s heart Ross is under arrest here. He says he shot in self-defense. Because of intense excitement the chief of police has ordered all patrolmen on duty.