Rensselaer Republican, Volume 25, Number 45, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 6 July 1893 — Pettit’s Health Failing. [ARTICLE]

Pettit’s Health Failing.

Late reports from the northern penitentiary are to the effect that Bev. Fred Pettit, the wife murderer, has been confined to his bed for the past six weeks and is in a precarious condition. He had just undergone a surgical operation, and the doctors expressed but little hope for his recovery. The reports concerning his declining health have not in the least been exaggerated, and it is the genj eral belief of the prison officials that •he will never live to hear the decis- | ion of the Supreme court in his case.