McLenrock - AJ - jailed
A.J. McLenrock Jailed
Source: Columbus Republic 6 Sept 1892 p1
Crawfordsville, Sept 6 – A J. McLenrock of Yeddo in Fountain County is in jail with a prospect of being mobbed by the farmers whose feelings he has outraged. McLenrock has long been a terror to his neighbors and shot their horses and cattle openly and is suspected of even going after larger game occasionally. Two years ago he married a wealthy widow and at once began to abuse her. He destroyed the good clothes of his wife’s grown daughters and refused to allow them to keep company with any young men until they finally rose in revolt and McLenrock was forced to leave. Friday night he burned the house over their heads and killed the stock, women fled for their lives. He was lodge din jail yesterday and will be prosecuted vigorously if he is not lynched by his indignant neighbors.