BENNETT, Elijah - Fountain County INGenWeb Project

Veedersburg, Ind Jan 1 – Jack Crowder, a worthless fellow, went to the home of his father-in-law, Lige Bennett, who lives across the line in Parke County and demanded that his wife, who had left him and was making her home at her father’s house, should go with him.  She refused to do so and her father defender her, ordering Crowder out of the house. Crowder drew from his pocket a large rock and threw it at the old man, striking him with terrible force in the forehead, killing him almost instantly. Crowder was arrested. This makes the seventh murder case in Parke County last year.