Columbia (SC) State, October 6, 1894, p. 1. WHITECAPPER "REV." KILLED Louisville, October 5-Rev. John W. Welker was knocked down and killed near Corydon, Indiana, yesterday by David Wheat. The latter had received a warning for him to leave the country on peril of being "whitecapped." He was visited by masked men Sunday night but drove them away with a few shots. Yesterday, Mr. Welker and his son, Alva, went to see Wheat and ordered him to give them the warning note. Upon his refusal, a fight followed, and in the melee, Wheat knocked the minister down with a billet of wood and killed him.