Rensselaer Journal, Volume 11, Number 3, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 27 June 1901 — Constable Kills Gambler. [ARTICLE]

Constable Kills Gambler.

At Lape’s gambling resort, Springfield, 111., Frank Poffenberger of Jacksonville, a gambler at the resort, was killed by Constable W. L>. Brown. Several constables appeared at the entrance with search warrants and Constable Brown was reading papers to a porter when he was accosted by Poffenberger, who secured the papers and tore them into bits. Brown instantly shot him through the heart. The constables carried the gambling paraphernalia from the place. Friends of Poffenberger were held at bay with loaded revolvers by the constables. A special order from the chief of police closed all the gambling resorts in the city. The constables are under arrest.