Jasper County Democrat, Volume 21, Number 97, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 5 March 1919 — CLEANED from the EXCHANGES [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

CLEANED from the EXCHANGES

Oren Miller, on trial in the circuit court of Pulaski county last week on a charge qf shooting and fatally wounding William Cramer, was acquitted by a jury Friday evening. Miller was a nightwatchman. and he asserted that 'he shot in self-defense. Cramer was shot on the night of August 14 last, and died next day. Norton Finch, a wealthy farmer of Benton county has been indicted by the grand jury of that county for the theft of-two hogs from Patrick Kennedy, and nine oak fence posts, taken from his sister-in-law, Mrs. Mary M. Finch. The hogs, which were valued at S7O, are alleged to have been taken about January 1, and the posts, valued at $4.50, are said to have been taken last July 31. Finch was bound over to the next term of the circuit court on a SSOO bond for each offense.