Jasper County Democrat, Volume 18, Number 12, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 19 May 1915 — Several of Young Men in Trouble Before at Lafayette. [ARTICLE]

Several of Young Men in Trouble Before at Lafayette.

Lafayette, Ind., May IG.—Four of the young men charged with being implicated in the shooting of August Scanlon at Delphi have for several years caused the Lafayette police much trouble. Charles F. Lawson and his brother Oscar were convicted a few years ago of robbing stores in this city and have served terms in prison. Jack and Charles Friend have also been arrested several times. Louis Wendling has never been in trouble before. He is a lightweight pugilist and recently returned from an extended vaudeville tour through the East. His father, John Wendling, went to Delphi to investigate the shooting. When the young men left this city last night they said that they were going to spend Sunday camping on the Tippecanoe river near Delphi. The police here declare that Roy Wendling was not at Delphi last night and his father says he was at home. Roy and Louis Wendling are twins and can not be told apart, it is said.