Jasper County Democrat, Volume 19, Number 62, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 1 November 1916 — VICTIM OF FIGHT MAY DIR [ARTICLE]

VICTIM OF FIGHT MAY DIR

Winamac, October 30. Henry Beeber is under arrest here charged with assault and battery with intent to commit murder, having seriously injured John Petoskey with a pickax. Beeber, it is said, had been warned not to haul gravel from a Pit o n Petoskey’s farm, Reports to officials say that Petoskey attempted to use a knife, and that Beeber defended himself with the ax. Physicians say Petoskey cannot live.