Rensselaer Journal, Volume 10, Number 44, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 11 April 1901 — Life Sentence for Rogers. [ARTICLE]

Life Sentence for Rogers.

Charles Rogers, who shot and killed his father-in-law, Milburn Baty, and seriously wounded his wife, Angelina Rogers, on March 10, was given a life sentence by a jury at Terre Haute. Seven of the jurors voted on the first ballot for hanging. Rogers’ defense was that the shooting was accidental. He testified thhat he intended to kill himself at his wife’s feet and she grabbed his revolver and was accidentally shot. Baty then tried to secure the revolver and was fatally shot. Mrs. Rogers is still in the hospital and was not able to appear at the trial.