Rensselaer Journal, Volume 11, Number 30, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 2 January 1902 — The Boys are Missing. [ARTICLE]

The Boys are Missing.

J. H. Hoover, living in the east part of town, has been considerably annoyed by certain boys* 7 of the neighborhood shooting target rifles, air guns and sling shots, notwithstanding the city ordinance providing for a fine for shooting within the limits. The other day a bullet from a target gun struck the kitchen door, and as his wife opened it to see who was shooting, she identified three of the boys of the neighborhood. When she threatened to have them arrested they told her she would have to prove that they were the guilty parties. Two of the boys, though, evidently took the hint and have disappeared from town. The matter will rest where itjs for the present but more shooting will result in prosecution.