Evening Republican, Volume 15, Number 20, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 24 January 1911 — JUDSON J. HUNT INJURED BY HIS OWN AUTOMOBILE. [ARTICLE]

JUDSON J. HUNT INJURED BY HIS OWN AUTOMOBILE.

Machine In Gear When He Cranked It 1 In Maxwell Salesroom and He Was Badly Braised.

Judson J. Hunt, cashier of the Trust and Savings Bank, slightly injured at about 10:30 o’clock this Tuesday morning, and will be laid up at his home for several days. He was cranking up “his automobile in the Maxwell salesroom on East Washington street, not having noticed that the machine was in gear and the brakes not set." The front of the car was only a few feet from the front of the salesroom and as it started forward Mr. Hunt was forced against the wall and his x body struck the window, breaking it out He was pinned against the wall and it looked for a moment as though he was severely injured. Fortunately he received no cuts from the broken window pane, and aside from a badly bruised left knee and a general shock, he is not much injured. He was taken to his home, whore he received medical attention. The skin about 'the knee was slightly broken and the leg was badly wrenched.