Rensselaer Journal, Volume 11, Number 16, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 26 September 1901 — Killed by Colored Burglar. [ARTICLE]

Killed by Colored Burglar.

J. H. Badger, credit man for the Robert Clarke Publishing Company of Cincinnati, was shot and instantly killed at South Gate, near Newport, Ky., by a colored burglar. Mrs. Badger was shot in the back, the revolver being so close as to set fire to her clothing. She Is not dangerously hurt. Mr. and Mrs. Badger heard a noise and started down stairs with a lighted candle. The negro, from behind a door, fired on them and escaped.