Rensselaer Journal, Volume 12, Number 21, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 30 October 1902 — BURGLARS SHOOT MAN IN BED [ARTICLE]

BURGLARS SHOOT MAN IN BED

Fatal Assault on Well-Known Nebraska Grain Agent. David City, Neb., special: Harvey Lillie, aged 38 years, was shot while lying in bed. Burglars entered his house and he heard the noise. From the position in which the body was found it is thought that he tried to get out of bed in order to fight them. He Was shot through the head. The burglars found $350 in the house. Mr. Lillie owned three bloodhounds. Two of them were poisoned and died. Lillie is the agent for the Nye-Schnei-der-Fowler Grain company, which has elevators all over Nebraska.