Jasper County Democrat, Volume 20, Number 29, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 7 July 1917 — Slacker Under Arrest. [ARTICLE]

Slacker Under Arrest.

Lafayette, July 6. —Ross W. Edward of Otterbein, who had declared himself against the draft and. was reported tc have boasted he carried a gun to shoot anyone who attempted to draft him, was arrested here. He was held oc the charge of carrying concealed weapons pending instructions from federal authorities.