Jasper County Democrat, Volume 19, Number 25, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 24 June 1916 — GENERAL AND STATE NEWS [ARTICLE]

GENERAL AND STATE NEWS

Telegraphic Reports From Many Parts of the Country. SHORT BITS OF THE UNUSUAL Happenings in the Nearby Cities and Towns—Matters of Minor Mention From Many Places. BENTON COUNTY FARMER Held Without Bail for the Death of Donald McGregor. Fowler, June 22.—Jesse.,Krump, who was arrested yesterday on a charge of assault and battery on Donald McGregor, and who was released on a $2,000 bond yesterday afternoon, was again arrested by Sheriff (Hamilton this afternoon and is charged with first degree murder. Krump admits striking McGregor with a club, but claims that it was in self defense. He is being held in the Benton county jail here without bail. The assault was committed on the road near Templeton. Krump alleges that McGregor killed his dog, and that he was armed. Krump and McGregor were neighbors and the assault is said to have been the termination of a feud of long standing. The assault occurred early Wednesday morning and McGregor died Wednesday night in St. Elizabeth’s hospital in Lafayette. McGregor was 46 years of age.