Evening Republican, Volume 15, Number 221, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 19 September 1911 — Boy Plays Spartan. [ARTICLE]

Boy Plays Spartan.

Cincinnati.—An example of great fortitude has been brought to the 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 matter?" asked the stranger. > "Nothing much,” he answered; “Just lost both my feet—that's all.” Then the stranger called the police.