Indianapolis (IN) Indiana, September 4, 1907, p. 5.
HIS HAIR TURNS WHITE BECAUSE OF A KILLING
Enoch Cheek, Former Marshal of Mitchell, Regrets Shot that Killed Link
Hegland
Bedford, Indiana, September 4-The case against Enoch Cheek, former marshal
of Mitchell, indicted for manslaughter, has been dismissed in the circuit
court on motion of the prosecuting attorney. While serving as marshal, he
shot and killed Link Hegland, a Cincinnati man who was "bumming" his way
West on a midnight train and who refused to submit to arrest by the marshal.
The latter had been apprised by a telegram from Seymour that four men
supposed to be burglars were wanted in that city and had taken passage on
the "blind baggage" of the St. Louis train and warned the marshal to take no
chances, saying the men were heavily armed and dangerous.
Hegland refused to surrender, and Cheek shot and killed him. Cheek was
tried during a former term of court, the jury disagreeing. The former
marshal is now suing the B. & O. S. W. Railway Company for $20,000 damages
alleging that it was through negligence and connivance of the company's
operator that he killed Hegland. Prior to killing Hegland, the marshal's
hair was black, and since then it has become almost white; due, it is said,
to Cheek's regret over killing the wrong man.