Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 39, Number 39, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 18 January 1907 — Murderer Dies lu Pen. [ARTICLE]

Murderer Dies lu Pen.

Jesse McClure, murderer of his 2 lttleboys in Tipton county, three y ears ago, died Friday night at the state prison, where he was serving a life sentence. His was one of the most brutal crimes in the history of central Indiana. .. /. 3JeClure and Ms wife, the moth er of the two innocent children, were parted. She was making her home several miles from where McClure. Ryed- Enraged because of the separation it is thought he planned on doing away with the entire family. Upon calling at the home where they were living he found the ex-wife and mother away but took the children and after driving half a mile away took their lives. He was sentenced Nov. 3, 1903, and was received at the prison Dec. 2 of the same year.