Rensselaer Journal, Volume 11, Number 16, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 26 September 1901 — KILLS ONE, WOUNDS ANOTHER. [ARTICLE]

KILLS ONE, WOUNDS ANOTHER.

Farmer Near Pontiac, 111., Fires on Man With Fatal Kesnlts. E. G. Richter shot and killed James Thompson and fatally wounded Sam England on his farm six miles north of Pontiac, 111. Thompson and England were gathering nuts on Richter’s farm and were ordered Off. Some words then passed between them, when Richter, who is quick tempered, shot Thompson in the head with a revolver, his victim dying almost instantly. England then stepped aside, but Richter fired on him also and it is feared he cannot survive. Richter left the place of shooting and tried to escape, but Sheriff Talbott caught Richter and placed,him in jail. Richter has always been considered a very dangerous character in and Cornell and will undoubtedly plead insanity, as he has been Confined twice at the asylum at Kankakee, as has also his wife. A brother about five years ago killed his mother and committed suicide in the county jail here while awaiting trial. Thompson, who leaves a wife and two children, is also a bad character, having killed a man In Ohio.