Canton and Massillon (OH) Repository, September 20, 1888, p. 1. NOTE: An article nearly identical to this one appeared in another newspaper wherein the murdered man was identified as Storts as opposed to Shorts. It is not known which of the two names is the correct one. BREWERY AGENT MURDERED Scottsburg, Indiana, September 20-[Special] This morning Conrad Shorts, agent in Jeffersonville for Frank Fehr's brewery, of this city, was found murdered in his room at the hotel. Shorts had considerable money with him. His throat was cut from ear to ear. It is considered a murder for money. No clue.