Jasper County Democrat, Volume 17, Number 1, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 8 April 1914 — Emory Poole Suffering With Spinal Meningitis. [ARTICLE]

Emory Poole Suffering With Spinal Meningitis.

Lafayette, Ind., April 4.—Emory Poole, the boy who three years ago played detective and obtained the conviction of his father on a charge of murder, is dying at a hospital at Oxford, Ind., near his home. Young Poole is suffering with spinal meningitis, and there is no hope for his recovery. In May, 1911, after many weeks of search, he dug up the body of Joseph Kemper on his father’s farm and accused his father of killing Kemper. He appeared as one of the chief witnesses for the state in the trial. The father, John Poole, is serving a life sentence at Michigan City. His defense was that he killed Kemper accidental.'y. Knowing that pub?ic sentiment was against him on account of having had trouble vith many of his neighbors, he sajd he cut. up the body and buried it. The son, since his father went to pris ». , hae i.een living with his mother, and working on the farm.