Jasper County Democrat, Volume 21, Number 2, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 6 April 1918 — U. s. GUARD IS MURDERED [ARTICLE]

U. s. GUARD IS MURDERED

Night Watchman at Censorship Office, Shot —Not Believed Case of German Intrigue. Washington. April 5. —James Kipg, night watchman at the offices of the committee on public information, was found dead with a bullet hole through his head. Officials of the committee thought he had been murdered. Examination of King’s pistol indicated that he had tried to fire it and that the cartridges failed to explode. Suggestions that King was killed by someone in search of papers containing war secrets were made, but the police after an examination of the place, said they did not believe this was the ease. .