Jasper County Democrat, Volume 21, Number 28, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 6 July 1918 — ROBBERS SLAY WEALTHY MAN [ARTICLE]

ROBBERS SLAY WEALTHY MAN

Body of Reuben Kuethe of Minneapolis Found in River. Minneaplis, Minn., July 5 The body of Reuben Kuethe, thirty-two years old, a wealthy mine owner and oil operator of this city., was found in the Mississippi river here, badly bruised and with a bullet hole in it. Police expressed the belief that he had been murdered. The bruised condition of the body, the police-said, indicated that after Kuethe had been shot he was thrown over a 70-foot cliff into the river. Negotiable papers totaling more than $28,000 were found scattered along the river bank. Several thousand dollars in cash which Kuethe was known to have had when he disappeared was missing.