Morgan Post | 1910-10-21 | Page 2 | Stanley Ketchel Murdered

STANLEY KETCHEL MURDERED worlds world champion middleweight pu gulist gillit shot down on missouri ranch springfield stanley ketchel whose real name was stanilaus Stanl laus kiecal middleweight dle die weight champion pugilist of ct tho the world died here saturday night at as aa a result ot of being shot early in the day by walter waller A hurtz a ranch hand band the shooting took place on the ranch of K R P dickerson a friend of ketchens Ket chels chelo near conway wit y forty miles east of here ketchel e I 1 had upbraided up braided tor for beating a horse borse while seated at the breakfast table ho he pugilist was shot in the back by the ranch hand who has escaped in the hills but was wad captured later and la Is now in jail ketchel who was but 23 years of age was born in grand rapids mich and fought his last tight fight with jack johnson Jo huson just a year ago