Rensselaer Republican, Volume 21, Number 38, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 23 May 1889 — A Murderous Brute. [ARTICLE]

A Murderous Brute.

Robert Day, of near Loveland, Ohio, Friday returned home intoxicated from a circus. He drew two revolvers, on reaching the house and gave notice of his intention of “cleaning out the ranch.” His aged father was the last to leave the roqm. The son, taking deliberate aim, fired, sending a ball through the old man’s body and fatally injuring him. He then went to an adjoining farm and fatally shot his divorced wife. He also set fire to the barn, and kept the neighbors at a distance by firing at them, The marshal finally overpowered the brute and he is in jail.