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nnes, In- diana, where he is interested in the street car lines. He also wanted a good lawyer. He is genteely dressed, and has over $200 with him, besides a watch and jewelry. He talks about having to do what he did, as he said Meier and Leach had threatened to kill him. There was but four persons in the car at the time, the murderer, John W. Graeter, of Vincennes, Indiana ; Mr. Isador Meier, traveling salesman for Foster, Hilson & Co., Thirty ninth street. New York ; E. W. Leach, the conductor, and a lady. What makes the killing of Meier especially so sad is the fact that he had came in on the Memphis train and had been in the car not over twenty minutes when the fatal shots were fired into his head, and all the while he sat in his seat unconscious, the blood and brains were flowing from his horrible wounds. The coro- ner’s jury is now at work on the case. Excite- ment, which was high for a time, is now allayed. Isador Meier was taken to Judsonia on the same train on which he was shot, arriving there about 1:30 p.m. He was placed in the hands of skullful company surgeons, but their work was of no avail, as he died at 4:30 p.m., two bullets passing through his head.