Rensselaer Journal, Volume 10, Number 36, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 14 February 1901 — Murder the Town Marshal. [ARTICLE]

Murder the Town Marshal.

Thursday afternoon, while Marshal Gus H. Crouch and Policeman John McGlasson were attempting at Metropolis, 111., to arrest Clem Ferguson and Les Taylor, two desperate Kentuckians, a fight ensued in which the marshal was shot through the head and killed, and Policeman McGlasson slightly wounded. Both men are now in jail. Ferguson had threatened to kill the officers if any attempt was made to arrest them.