Evening Republican, Volume 15, Number 224, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 22 September 1911 — RURAL MAIL CARRIER NEAR DEATH’S DOOR. [ARTICLE]

RURAL MAIL CARRIER NEAR DEATH’S DOOR.

Lockjaw Seizes Elias Hammerton as p A Result of Infection from Stepping on Rusty NaiL . ' ' a ■ i.'j? Ellas* Hammerton, an old soldier and for years the carrier of mail on Rural Route No. 2 out of Rensselaer, is very near death and probably can not live many hours. Last Saturday night he stepped on a rusty nail aad‘ infection started. He seemed to be getting better until Thursday, when lockjhw set in, and there seems no chance for his recovery. He had three spasms this morning that almost cost his life. A serum treatment for tetanus was ordered from Chicago and it was expected to administer it this afternoon, but it is believed by his physicians that he is too far gone for the serum to result in saying bis life.