Rensselaer Republican, Volume 19, Number 38, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 26 May 1887 — SOUTH. [ARTICLE]

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In a room over the court house at Glasgow, Ky., William Stolts was snot and killed by Ray Rutledge, the body rolling down stairs and into the court room, where Judge Carr Aras on the bench at the time. The victim was to be tried for shooting an eye out of Bill Slinker a year ago. The latter and Rutledge were aiTested. The recent train robbery on the International and Great Northern Railroad, near Austin, Texas, was committed by twelve men, well mounted and armed. The robbers fired about one hundred shots to “keep the passengers quiet,” and they had the desired effect. The amount taken from the express-car is variously estimated at from $21,000 to $55,000. ‘ _