Jasper County Democrat, Volume 12, Number 51, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 9 October 1909 — CONOVER’S WIDOW ARRESTED [ARTICLE]

CONOVER’S WIDOW ARRESTED

Charged With Son With Complicity In Murder of Her Husband. Terre Haute, Ind., Oct. 8. —Mrs. Conover is under arrest charged with complicity in the murder of her husband. Ralph Conover, Jr., a son of the murdered man and George Greenleaf, thn boy’s chum, confessed a plot to kill Conover because of his alleged cruelty to his family. According to the confession, Greenleaf killed Conover with a rifle. Mrs. Conover became hysterical when taken into custody and exclaimed violently she knew nothing of the crime.