Jasper County Democrat, Volume 18, Number 63, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 6 November 1915 — FEARED “ROUGHS” AT FOWLER. [ARTICLE]

FEARED “ROUGHS” AT FOWLER.

Two Corn Hunkers Bought “Knucks” and Were Fined. Indianapolis, Nov. 3.—When John Cona, age 45, of Osgood, Ind., and Harrison Reynolds, age 23, of Butlerville, Ind., stopped over in Indianapolis Monday night on .their way to Fowler, Ind., they decided to buy a pair of “knucks” to take with them to Fowler, as they had heard there were a lot of rough men there, according to their testimony in city court, yesterday afternoon, when they faced charges of carrying concealed weapons and drunkenness. They said they were going to Fowler to husk corn, as they had heard there was a good crop there. Reynolds said he got "knucks” for protection because the boys in his home town used to carry them. Each of the men was fined SSO and costs.