Jasper County Democrat, Volume 19, Number 70, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 29 November 1916 — DOPE FIEND UNDER ARREST [ARTICLE]

DOPE FIEND UNDER ARREST

Said to Have Broken Into Rodman Drug Store at Fowler. Charles Fletcher of Kentland, said to he a dope fiend, was arrested at Lafayette Friday and taken to Fowler, where, it la charged, he passed a couple of worthless checks and Thursday night broke into the Rodman drug store and stole some morphine.It was not generally known that Fletcher was a dope fiend. Tie has been in failing health for a couple of years and at the present time is little more than a skeleton. Around Kentland he was said to be afflicted with diabetes. He is about 4 5 years of age and unmarried, residing with Ihis mother, brother and sister.