Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 35, Number 51, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 3 March 1903 — Suspects Arrested In the Reynolds Murder. [ARTICLE]

Suspects Arrested In the Reynolds Murder.

Sheriff Craft of LaPorte county, Detective Winehart, of Lafayette, and Speoial Monon Agent Burns Friday morning arrested Elias Wagner, aged 40; Clarence Dunham, aged 35; and Charles Lumpkins, aged 25 on charge of having Nov. 30th last attempted to rob Smith’s bank at Westville when Wesley Reynolds, the night watch was killed while resisting the robbers. Later Lumpkins was released but warrants are out for more. Wagner was captured near San Pierre and Dunham at Coburg, Both are criminals and officers claim to have strong evidence against them. Wagner had been living at McCool, Porter county, where he was a teamster. Dunham lived at Coburg and Lumpkins is a bartender at Westville. The arrests have not caused much excitement at Westville and sentiment seems to be divided among the people as to being the guilty parties. They were taken to Laporte and placed in jail. Both are reported to be criminals, Sheriff Craft, of Laporte county late Friday afternoon also arrested Edward Clancy at Wanatah as another suspect. The detectives claim they have evidence sufficient to hang the men in custody although the people are a little skeptical?. The father of the murdered boy has gone insane from brooding over his son’s death and is about to be sent to the asylum.