Jasper County Democrat, Volume 23, Number 35, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 28 July 1920 — Army Prisoner Slain by Guard. [ARTICLE]

Army Prisoner Slain by Guard.

Indianapolis, July 23. —Robert C. Johnson, thirty-one years old, an escaped military prisoner from ' Fort Benjamin Harrison, was shot and mortally wounded by a searching party which tried to recapture him on the public square in Noblesville. He was shot twice, both bullets penetrating his chest. Johnson was given emergency treatment at the Noblesville hospital, where he died. Johnson escaped from the dairy farm at Fort Harrison. He was tried by court-mar-tial two weeks ago for larceny and desertion. He had been stationed at Fort Harrison since last December and deserted ast spring.