Jasper County Democrat, Volume 14, Number 24, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 12 July 1911 — LARSON WAS MURDERED [ARTICLE]

LARSON WAS MURDERED

Grand Jury in Fowler Mystery Disagrees With Coroner in Manner of Dane’s Death. Lafayette, Ind., July 9.—Petitions were filed with the commissioners of Benton county a few days ago at Fowler asking that SI,OOO be «*ppropriatetd to be offered as a reward for the detection of the person who murdered Peder Larson, the aged Dane, whose body was found floating in a cistern in tjje rear of his home ten dats ago and whose death the grand jury a few evening ago decided was caused by some other hand than his own. The two Chicago detectives who worked on the case appeared before the grand jury. The widow was a witness before the grand jury yesterday, appearing in deep mourning and weeping continually. She told the same story that she fold the coronep The grand jury in its report found that Larsen could not have inflicted the injuries that caused his death and that they must have been caused by another person. Mrs. Larsen is still in Fowler, living at the Larsen home. The report of the grand jury leaves the case a mystery, as the coroner found Larsen committed suicide.