Evening Republican, Volume 15, Number 188, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 10 August 1911 — MANN SPITLER STRICKEN; IN CRITICAL CONDITION. [ARTICLE]

MANN SPITLER STRICKEN; IN CRITICAL CONDITION.

Marble Dlteh Coart Adjourned When Demonstrator Buffered"btroke of Cerebral Apoplexy. Mann Spitler, of Thayer, an extensive land owner and a pioneer of Newton county, was stricken with cerebral apoplexy at about 8:30 o’clock thia -Thursday morning, and at this hour his condition is such as to give little hope for his recovery.Mr. Spitler came to Rensselaer the first of the week. He is a remonstrator against the assessment on his land for the construction of the Marble ditch and his was the first case taken up for hearing. Wednesday evening Mr, Sptiler went to Monon on business and returned this morning on the milk train. He went to the office of his attorney, G. A Williams, and spent a half hour there talking over the ditch case. He then went down on the street and was talking with F. E. Babcock at the Duvall corner, when he remarked that he was kick and wanted to consult a doctor. He was taken to the office of Dr. Merrill, in the Leopold building, and his condition grew rapidly worse. Before the office 'was reached he almost bad to be carried. He soon lapsed into unconsciousness and is in that condition at this time. The physician pronounced his case cerebral* apoplexy and his condition such as to lend but little encouragement for recovery. Court was ready to convene, Mr. Spitler having informed his attorney that he was ready for trial. As soon as it was learned that Mr. Spitler was stricken, court was adjourned until next Monday, and Judge Marvin and others returned to their homes. Mr. Spitler was taken to the hbme of Miss Maud Spitler and her mother on Van Rensselaer street shortly after noon. He was born in Newton coun-* ty, being a son of Zachariah Spitler, an early settler and a nephew of George Spitler, who located in Rensselaer.