Jasper County Democrat, Volume 18, Number 24, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 26 June 1915 — Former Brook Man Convicted of Murder. [ARTICLE]

Former Brook Man Convicted of Murder.

Attorney Frank Davis of Brook, was ip town a few days ago. lie had recently returned from Montana, where he had defended J. A. Crisler, formerly of Brook, who was tried in the latter state for murder and was given a sentence of life imprisonment. Crisler, who was about 42 years of age, left Brook about a dozen years ago. and finally took up a claim in Montana. In May of last year Crisler and Julius Brown were occupying a shack on Crisler’s claim. Browti disappeared and the following July Crisler went to Canada. Later a body, supposed to have been Brown’s, was found not far from Crisler’s shack buried under a few inches of earth. Crisler was later arrested charged with the murder of Brown, and the trial resulted as above stated,