Jasper County Democrat, Volume 20, Number 43, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 25 August 1917 — 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- Place*. RESORT OWNER IS SHOT DOWN Assailant Made Escape and Is Still at Large. M. McConnell, a mysterious stranger who recently rented a cottage at Cedar Lake, shot and seriously wounded Ji many Leathers, proprietor of the “White City” resort, following a quarrel Tuesday night. McConnell made his escape and Leathers -was taken to a Gary hospital where his life is despaired of. It was thought that McConnell made his escape on a Monon freight train and word was sent to this city shortly after midnight to search the train. Sheriff McColly and Nightwatch Critser stopped the freight here and made a thorough search but found no trace of the would-be murderer. It is probable he did not leave Cedar Lake on this train or left it before reaching this city. McConnell was later captured near St. John after a revolver duel with the sheriff of Lake county and a posse of deputies. He had emptied his gun and threw up his hands when confronted with a score of shotguns.