resting_place death_date death_place birth_place nationality article_title name birth_date spouse known_for alma_mater employer education birth_name occupation death_cause
crown hill cemetery , indianapolis july 16 , 1926 september 26 , 1891 canton , ohio elwood , indiana united states don mellett
 donald r. mellett september 26 , 1891 florence evans stance against corruption indiana university '14 canton daily news -lrb- january 1925-july 1926 -rrb- shortridge high school donald ring mellett newspaper editor murder
don mellett

donald ring mellett -lrb- september 26 , 1891 -- july 16 , 1926 -rrb- was an american newspaper editor , who was assassinated after confronting local organized crime in his newspaper .
mellett was born in elwood , indiana as the child of a newspaper editor .
he followed on with the family tradition by becoming a journalist , as did several of his siblings .
he studied at indiana university , where he became the editor of the school 's newspaper , `` the daily student '' -lrb- now the `` indiana daily student '' -rrb- .
