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Show TOOK REFUGE IN VAULT. Crazed Murderer Holds Posse at Bay for Hours. Dlooralngton, 111. Mnyor Charles Nlckol, of Chcnoa, was shot nnd killod Saturday afternoon in tho Rank of Chenoa; Hugh Jones, a brick mason, was also shot nnd killed, and two passersby wcro shot and slightly woundod by William I.educ, n farmer who lives near Chenoa. After tho shooting, Leduo dragged tho body of Jones lntcu vnult nnd stationed himself bcsldo'It, for hours holding hundreds ot peoplo nt bay who attempted his capture, sovcrnl hundred shots being exchangod. Finally Final-ly ho surrendered nnd Is In Jail. Nickel married n sister ot I.educ. Leduc wns married somo years ago. It Is alleged that ho hnd domestic troubles, which Nlckol adjusted, but Leduc always Imagined Nlckol had not acted fnlrly In tho matter. For somo tlmo neighbors had said that Leduo had acted quccrly, ',nnd It is supposed Saturday's crlmo resulted from Leduc brooding over his wrongs. |