Rensselaer Republican, Volume 21, Number 3, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 20 September 1888 — A MURDER AT WINAMAC. [ARTICLE]

A MURDER AT WINAMAC.

A cold-blooded murder was committed at Winamac, last Thursday. Joseph W. Robinson, of Franceeville, was shot in the head and almost instantly killed by Mike Rinehart, a barber of Winamac. The deed was committed in a saloon, while Jtobinson was in the act of lighting a cigar. The two men had a quarrel during the day, but at the time Robinsou had just asked Rinehart to take something, and make up the quarrel. Rinehart was arrested a short time after the shooting. He had been drinking heavily f<?r some time past. RobinsoD, the murdered man, was 27 years old, and leaves a wife and three children. He but lately settled iu, FraDcesville, and was a half brother of J. J. Robinson, th© gas well borer, aud associated' with him in the business.