Jasper County Democrat, Volume 14, Number 28, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 26 July 1911 — TO AVERT MOB VIOLENCE [ARTICLE]

TO AVERT MOB VIOLENCE

J. A. Henry, Age Fifty-Four, Who Married Neice, Taken to Laporte. South Bcn&, Ind., July 22. Fearing mob violence and realizing that the Starke county jail at Knox was not strong enough to resist the attack of a mob, the Starke county authorities last night spirited J. A. Henry, age fifty-four years, away to Laporte, where he is now lodged in jail. The crOss-country trip was made in an automobile. Henry is charged with offenses against his tWo neices, Verda and Zella Sibert, of Walkerton. The girls are nineteen and seventeen years old, respectively. Henry and Verda . Sibert disappeared frbm Walkerton several days ago and. according to information from St. Joseph, Mich., were married in that city on July 18. The elopers were at Laporte on Thursday f v the aged father of the girl, 1 o took his daughter home aftbringing abolit the arrest of ' ' en to Knox yesterday morn:n- but the threats that sum--y punishment would be rhet-

ed out to the prisoner caused the authorities to return Henry to Laporte.