Jasper (IN) Weekly Courier, October 15, 1915, available online at https://newspaper.library.in.gov. Bloomington, (Indiana)-Perry Eads, 30, the grocer who was found along the tracks in the Monon yards with his skull crushed, died here without regaining consciousness. The police believe William Mershon, a paroled convict, murdered Eads and they placed him in jail.