Rensselaer Journal, Volume 11, Number 39, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 6 March 1902 — Illinois Murderer Hanged. [ARTICLE]

Illinois Murderer Hanged.

Joseph E. Hinkle wa§ hanged at Peoria for the murder of his wife Arlie Hinkle.. Hinkle spent the night in religious devotion, slept through the night and went to the scaffold calmly. According to evidence introduced at the trial, Hinkle killed his wife because she refused to support him.