Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 34, Number 49, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 18 February 1902 — Sprencil Stuck to His Story. [ARTICLE]

Sprencil Stuck to His Story.

At the Davidson murder trial at Crown Point, Thursday, Frank Sprencil stuck to his original story that he saw the three defendants kill Davidson by striking him with the edge of a shovel, which they had just borrowed of Sprenoil. He stated, as bis reason for having once denied this story, after testifying to it before the grand jury, that he was persuaded *to do it by a deputy prosecuting attorney, who wanted to get the three defendants cleared.