Jasper County Democrat, Volume 13, Number 62, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 12 November 1910 — RICHER GETS LIFE SENTENCE [ARTICLE]

RICHER GETS LIFE SENTENCE

Convicted of Murder of Youthful Ward and Divorced by Wife. Fort Wayne, Ind., Nov. 11,=—Moses Richer, who bit bis ward, little Charlie Coats, to death last June, was sentenced to imprisonment for life. About the same time he was sentenced in the'circuit court on a plea of guiity his wife was given a decree of divorce. When told of the sentence Richer broke down and wept Kke a child." Richer is 34 years old.