Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 19, Number 62, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 12 April 1898 — Jnll-IJail-Breakers Commit Murder. [ARTICLE]

Jnll-IJail-Breakers Commit Murder.

Marysville. Kan., April 8. —Thursday afternoon four prisoners confined in the city jail for burglary murdered the jailer, B. Batterson, and made their escape. The desperadoes stole four horses and rode to the north. A posse has been formed and is pursuing them.