Rensselaer Journal, Volume 10, Number 47, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 2 May 1901 — Murdered in a Church. [ARTICLE]

Murdered in a Church.

Emory Sherlock, aged 16 years, stabbed Elmer Meadows, aged 19 years, to death at Walnut Grove church, twelve miles northwest of Benton, 111., Sunday. The boys got Into a fight while at church, and Meadows was cut ten times. One wound Is in the left side of the heart, so It could be touched. Sherlock was arrested and placed under $3,000 bond.