Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 41, Number 55, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 26 March 1909 — Fiendish Murderer Receives Penitentiary Life Sentence. [ARTICLE]

Fiendish Murderer Receives Penitentiary Life Sentence.

Wililam Gagle, convicted by a jury in the Porter circuit court of the murder of little Lizzie Schroeder, of Tollestqn, and sentenced to the Michigan City penitentiary for life, was brought into court at Valparaiso Monday at 9 o’clock. Attorney Clarence Bretsch, who defended Gagle at the trial, had decided not to ask for a new trial; therefore Judge McMahan passed sentence on' the prisoner. Gagle did not utter a word of protest until he was being taken back to jail by Sheriff Wood and Deputy Lindall, when he wept and asserted his innonfinca. __ y. 7 ..7 ~. '7- ■ Gagle was taken to Michigan City Wednesday by the sheriff of Porter county. With the present high prices of the staple foods, such as bear, meat and potatoes, the cheapest and best food is California Evaporated Fruits. It will pay you to look at our California fruit window. It contains samples of very fancy fruits, with prices attached. These prices are the lowest that have been quoted for years. JOHN EGER. The Evening Republican delivered to your house at 10 cents per week.