Jasper County Democrat, Volume 20, Number 48, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 15 September 1917 — MURDERER SLAIN BY MOB [ARTICLE]

MURDERER SLAIN BY MOB

Frank Van Tassel Trapped in Barn Near Hillsdale, M'ch., and Lynched. Hillsdale, Mich., Sept. 14. —A mob Just before daylight lynched Frank Van Tassel, insane, who shot and killed Sheriff George Ralston of Branch county, across the line from Hillsdale county. The mob penned Van Tassel in a barn, set fire to the structure and riddled the man with bullets when he tried to escape. Van Tassel shot Ralston in an argument at Algonsee.