Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 40, Number 71, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 8 May 1908 — Murderer Arrested at Lowell. [ARTICLE]

Murderer Arrested at Lowell.

Albert Baker, of Lowell, was arrested Tuesday charged with the mlirder of a man at Zanesville, Ohio, three years ago. It is claimed that Baker is Ernest Kerns, who in an ; altercation at committed the murder. Baker appeared in Lowell a year ago and began work on the stone road. His cdnduct was all that ' could be desired and after a short residence there he married a daughter l of Charles Cobb, a highly esteemed resident of that town. Baker made no resistance when ! arrested, but protested bls Innocence. Wednesday he admitted the killing and will be taken back to Ohio for trial, in his confession he states that I while driving along the highway his ' conveyance was struck by an automobile and demolished and upon demanding payment for the damage done, hot | words followed and one of the automobile party was struck by him on the head with a rock, the injuries resulting In the man’s death some days later. . <