Jasper County Democrat, Volume 17, Number 35, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 5 August 1914 — Lafayette Man Is Killed in Placing Rifle in Boat. [ARTICLE]

Lafayette Man Is Killed in Placing Rifle in Boat.

Lafayete, Ind., Aug. I.—-Charles A. Werkhoff, 32 years' old, superintendent of the Lafayette Insurance Company, was instantly killed near Monticello today while riding in a canoe. A ball from a 32-caliber rifle, which was discharged as he was placing it in a canoe, penetrated his brain and he fell lifeless out of the boat on a rock in the middle of the Tippecanoe river. His wife and a party of friends, who were with them on a canoe voyage down the river, witnessed the accident. There were four canoes and two persons in each boat. The party left Lafayette this morning. Mr. Werkhoff and Miss Gladys Gray were in the first boat when it struck the rock. Mr. Werkhoff was a veteran of the Spanish-American war, was a Mason, a Knight of Pythias and an Odd Fellow. He leaves a widow and his parents Mr. and Mrs. Cornelius Werkhoff of this city. Mr. Werkhoff was one of the prominent progressives in the Tenth district.