Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 19, Number 93, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 29 July 1898 — One Shot Dead. [ARTICLE]

One Shot Dead.

Clinton, la., July 28. —Four young men of DeWitt boarded a box car Tuesday night to ride to an adjoining town. They were ordered to hold up their hauds by two men who entered after them, but made a rush and sprang from the train. Frank Baird, of DeWitt, was shot dead. The other three escaped injuries. The murderers are not yet apprehended.