Evening Republican, Volume 15, Number 207, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 2 September 1911 — Bey Plays Spartan. [ARTICLE]

Bey Plays Spartan.

Cincinnati, —An example of great fortitude has been brought to thd notice of the Cincinnati police. When a patrol wagon rushed to the scene of an accident, the crew found a boy of 19, who gives the name of John Cronin. of Indianapolis, sitting calmly against a telegraph post, with both his legs .cut off. He had tried to board a freight train and had fallen beneath the wheels. After the accident he crawled to the pole and braced himself against it A passer-by noticed him. "What's the matterr asked the stranger. - "Nothing much.’’ he answered; "Just lost both my feet—Ahat's all.” Then the stranger called the police.