The Lake County times. [volume] (Hammond, Ind.) 1906-1933, 1908-06-30
FRED KOCH'S BODY
IS BROUGHT HOME
Murdered Young Man Vic
tim of Religious Maniac
Recently Converted.
SLAYER IS HELD BY POLICE
Slayer Is Held in Police Station and
Shocking Tragedy Arouses
Entire State.

The remains of Fred Koch, who was
killed in Terre Haute sunday night,
reached Hammond today for burial in
Oak Hill cemetery tomorrow afternoon.
The particulars of the shooting md
Fred's death were given in last nights
Times. The services will be i'm charge
of Rev. T.. Well at the Frienden's Evan
geIicaI church, at SOhl and Indiana
avenue at O'Clock. The Frieden's
quartet will sing the funeral songs.
With the arrival Of the remains news
also reached Hammond Of the killing
Of the young man whose father lives
at SPA State street. The murder of
young Koch. according to the Terre
Haute police, was one of the most
cold blooded killings in the history of
Terre Haute.
Was II Cold-BlOOded Affair.
Koch was returning home from
church services in company with ten
other young men. among them Leroy
Lyon. 10 years old
After the shooting Lyon got on a
car and went to the police station
where he gave himself up to Captain
Armstrong. Koch was shot through
the right breast and the bullet passed
through his body After being shot
he ran about thirty feet and fell in a
glass bin at the Root glass works near
by. When picked up by his friends,
he was dead. Lyon fourished the re
volver towards some of the members
of the party as if he intended to shoot
them and then calmly announced that
he was going to give himself up
Lyon was a good friend of Koch
and for this reason the police are at a
loss to know why he should desire to
Kill him.
Sorry for the Deed.
II am sorry l killed Koch. for he is
not a Christian and he will go to
hell" said Lyon.
Il met Fred Koch at the Third
United Brethren church at 7:2C
o'clock" said Lyon to the police last
night we have always been good
friends and I have known him ever
since l have been in the city. Frank
Stewart had earlier in the evening
told me that Harry Bruner and Koch
had it in for me. 1 went home after
my revolver and then came back tc
church. I hesitated some time be
, fore I returned to the church for die
not want to get into any trouble will
the boys, but then l thought If
stayed away they would then thinl
that they had me bluffed. Leaving
the church after the services wer'
over. Koch put his hand against me
told him to go away and he hit a
me. I then drew my revolver an'
fired I did not intend to kill him.
only shot once. The gun belonged t.
one Of the boarders at McCammon S
252O South Second street. There wer
l two shells in the gun when I got it.
' This morning when seen at tn
county Jail where he was taken afte
being arrested, Lyon denied that tn
e cause of the shooting was jealous,
4 over a girl.
Prisoner Not Agitated.
, Lyon seemed not to be the leas
bit agitated as result of the shoot
ing and talked calmly of the affair
:, He said that after he got on the ca
to come to the police station that h
broke the gun and took out the tw
Il shells. one of which had been USED
He said that there was a woman~o
the car and fearing that she nigh
n take offense to the smell Of the burne
t powder and think that something la
[. happened, he threw the empty shel
out of the window and held the othe
s in his hand.