Jasper County IN Archives News.....Youth Slays Sister's Admirer July 28, 1930
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Evening Republican, Rensselaer July 28, 1930
Frank Patrick, 42, Newland onion grower and father of six, was dead
  today, the victim of a bullet fired into his left bowel at three-
  thirty o'clock Saturday afternoon as he stood at the side of the
  Frank Cavendish general store in the village of Newland.  So far as
  is known there were no witnesses to the fatal shooting.

  Patrick died at the county hospital here at ten o'clock Sunday night.

  Archie Patrick, 21, no relation to the dead man, or at least who had
  disclaimed relationship with him, is being sought in connection with
  the fatal shooting.

  The shot that led to death was the aftermath of a quarrel that
  developed between the Frank Patrick and Ben Patrick families six
  weeks ago when Frank Patrick was first accused of being too
  friendly with Mrs. Grover McClurg, widow of three months and
  sister of Archie, alleged murderer.

  The quarrel reached a crisis Saturday afternoon when Frank Patrick
  and his alleged slayer met at the Cavendish store.  Frank Patrick
  is said to have been sitting on a box in front of the store when
  Archie Patrick came by.  An argument presumably quickly developed
  between the men over Mrs. McClurg.  There were no known witnesses
  to the fatal shooting, but from the evidence which Sheriff Rouse
  gathered at the scene of the crime it is supposed that when the
  argument reached a heated stage the elder Patrick walked to the
  side of the store and got an automobile jack with which to defend
  himself.  When he returned to the front of the store with the
  weapon he was fired upon by young Patrick.  The automobile jack was
  on the ground by the wounded man's side when residents of the
  vicinity reached him.  It was recalled that the automobile jack had
  been lying on the ground at the side of the store for several days
  prior to the shooting.  The details of the crime given here are
  subject to change, but it is believed they are approximately correct.

  .....Alleged Killer Flees.....

  After firing the fatal shot Patrick fled from the scene.  What route
  he traveled after fleeing is not definitely known, but it is thought
  that he went to his father's home and recited the details of the
  crime.  Sheriff Rouse has talked with Ben Patrick since the shooting,
  but at this time the nature of their conversation will not be
  divulged.

  The father of the alleged killer promised to deliver him to the
  authorities today, but it does not appear likely that he will be
  able to do so, as Patrick very likely has left Indiana.

  Whether Patrick fired in self-defense for fear he was going to be
  struck by the jack allegedly held by the elder Patrick or whether
  he wantonly slew him of course has not been determined.

  .....Woman Cause.....

  According to the information we have been able to gather, Frank
  Patrick had been overly friendly with Mrs. Grover McClurg for
  several weeks, or since after the death of her husband.  Whether
  she encouraged the friendliness the Republican does not profess to
  know, but it is known that the two families had been quarreling
  because of Patrick's advances toward the woman.

  About six weeks or more ago the Frank Patrick and Ben Patrick
  families engaged in a general quarrel which resulted in their
  being haled before a justice of the peace in Barkley township.
  Patrick was accused by Mrs. McClurg's relatives of conduct un-
  becoming a married man and a lively quarrel ensued in the justice
  court.  During the hearing it is said that Mrs. Frank Patrick became
  bitter toward her husband, whereupon he challenged her to tell the
  court what became of her first husband with whom she lived in
  Kentucky.  She is said to have replied:
      "He fell into a cistern."
      Patrick then said:
      "Yes , but you pushed him in."

  .....Creates Little Excitement.....

  The onion colony, made up of Kentuckians, apparently is only mildly
  interested in the shooting.  They accepted it in their typical stoical
  way and today busied themselves in their fields as though nothing
  unusual had taken place.

  Sheriff Rouse was not informed of the shooting until almost two hours
  after it had taken place, as the main telephone line between this
  city and Newland was out temporarily.  With Deputy Prouty he visited
  the scene of the shooting and began to take up Patrick's trail from
  there.  However, he was met with the usual shoulder shrug whenever
  he attempted to gain information concerning Archie Patrick's where-
  about.  It is supposed that the alleged killer immediately left
  Newland by automobile for some railroad point and fled from the
  state.  There is a possibility that he may be in hiding in the
  onion country, but if he is, that will not help the authorities
  much, as wanted men in the Newland country are hard to locate.

  Frank Patrick had lived in the Newland vicinity for a number of
  years with his wife and six children.  He, like practically all of
  the onion growers, came to this county from Kentucky, where he was
  a truck farmer.

  The Ben Patrick family likewise has lived in Newland for a number of
  years and all of them are said to have formed a violent dislike for
  Frank Patrick after he had allegedly begun to pay attention to a
  member of their family, an act which is decidedly in opposition to
  the Kentucky mountaineer's code of ethics regarding their "women
  folks".

  Patrick's body was removed to a local undertaking establishment.
  Funeral services will be held from the Barkley church at two o'clock
  Tuesday afternoon.


Additional Comments:
Article sub-titles:
         ----Frank Patrick, Newland Onion Grower, Dies of Bullet
                       Wounds Inflicted by Archie Patrick----
              ---Married Man Mortally Wounded by Brother of
                     Girl Whom he Allegedly Courted; Crime
                           Committed Near Village Store---
                            --Alleged Killer Disappears--


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