Rensselaer Journal, Volume 10, Number 49, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 16 May 1901 — Escaped Prisoner Recaptured. [ARTICLE]

Escaped Prisoner Recaptured.

John Davis, who escaped from jail at Winchester, Ind., by knocking senseless the wife of Sheriff Overman when she was serving his supper, was captured here today. He had been held for trial on the charge of shooting an officer at Blountsville who attempted to arrest him for burglary.