Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 34, Number 38, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 10 January 1902 — POLICEMAN IS INDICTED. [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

POLICEMAN IS INDICTED.

Evansville, Ind., Officer Held for Alleged Double Murder. Wilbur S. Sherwell, the Evansville, Ind., policeman accused of strangling two women, was indicted by the grand

jury. Sherwell had been known up to the time that suspicion rested upon Irmrus a model policeman. His alleged victims were Miss Lena Renner -and Mrs. Georgia Railey. Both were found strangled to death, lying face do w n w a r 4 in creeks near the city whi e h employed Sherwell to guard the lives and property of its inhabit-

ants. The crimes were committed five miles apart. Officer Sherwell was supposed to be at work trying to fathom the case when lie was arrested. Buggy tracks were found leading to and from the scenes of both crimes and the first fact which drew suspicion to Sherwell was that the tracks might have been made by a surrey which he owned. He took considerable pains to conceal the fact that he had been out with the rig the night of the murder and this action strengthened the suspicion of his superiors.

w. S. SHERWELL.