Jasper County Democrat, Volume 15, Number 14, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 25 May 1912 — Shot by Wealthy Employer. [ARTICLE]

Shot by Wealthy Employer.

Decatur, May 24. —Wllliard Steele, one of the wealthiest of Adams county residents and owner of Steele’s park, just east of the city, fired five shots at his hired hand, Jacob Keiper, sending a bullet into his left shoulder and lodging near the heart. The affair took place In a hog pen on the Steele farm. Keiper probably will die. Steele gave himself up to the sheriff.