Jasper County Democrat, Volume 14, Number 76, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 3 January 1912 — Says Joint Keeper Was “Well Thought Of.” [ARTICLE]

Says Joint Keeper Was “Well Thought Of.”

The Rensselaer Republican says of Harry Arrick, the man shot at Monticello Saturday night: ‘‘Arrick is alleged to have conducted a poker joint over Watkins’ place.. | Arrick was in Rensselaer Some two j years ago with Jim Diggering, the i baloon man, and later worked herap las a painter for Gnarlie Osborne. ’He is said to have been a very clever man and well thought of ia his home town.” l__„_— ; -- , - The abj)ve opinion of Arrick la probably confined to people of hla own ilk. We cannot believe that the good people of Monticello would think well of a man who conducts, a gambling joint. Men who are deserving of the good opinion of their f ellow - citizens are not in that sort of bdslnes, and, we might add,ihat they do not frequent “poker joints,” regardless of the opinion of the Republican to the contrary.