HOLMES, Ab (Marshal - murdered)
Source: Crawfordsville Weekly Journal 17 July 1896
Marshal Ab Holmes, of Cayuga, Fountain County, was shot and instantly killed Tuesday afternoon about 1 o’clock by Alf Campbell. From the facts learned in the case the murder must have been a most atrocious and cold blooded affair. Campbell had been drinking excessively, and was raising a disturbance in Groenkyke’s store. He had tipped over a box of vegetables on the porch in front of the store, and when Marshal Homes attempted to arrest him, Campbell pulled a revolver from his pocket and shot Holmes. The bullet entered his abdomen and caused instant death. Campbell fled immediately after the shooting and was pursued by a posse of enraged citizens. The last seen of the murderer he was swimming across the Wabash River.
(*Note that Cayuga is in Vermillion Co.)
Source: Logansport Pharos-Tribune Fri 17 July 1896
Marshal Ab Holmes of Cayuga, Vermillion County was shot and instanly killed Tuesday afternoon about 1 o'clock by Alf Campbell., From the facts learned in the case the murder must have been a most atrocious and cold blooded affair. Campbell had been drinking excessively, and was raising a disturbance in Groenkyke’s store. He had tipped over a box of vegetables on the porch in front of the store, and when Marshal Homes attempted to arrest him, Campbell pulled a revolver from his pocket and shot Holmes. The bullet entered his abdomen and caused instant death. Campbell fled immediately after the shooting and was pursued by a posse of enraged citizens. The last seen of the murderer he was swimming across the Wabash River.