Rensselaer Republican, Volume 26, Number 31, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 29 March 1894 — A DOUBLE MURDER. [ARTICLE]

A DOUBLE MURDER.

Two of the Watchmen In the Tolleston Club Ground* Killed. An atrocious murder was committed at Tolleston, Wednesday evening. The victims are James Conroy and William Cleary, who were employed as watchmen in the Tolleston shooting club grounds. The men in some way became involved in a quarrel with Albert Tooker and were getting the best of the argument when the latter drew a big navy pistol and fired six shots, killing both men. After the murder Tooker took the woods. A vigilance committee was immediately organized and ten minutes later about seventy-five farmers armed with shotguns, rifles, clubs and hay forks began scouring the woods and swamps.