Evening Republican, Volume 16, Number 43, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 19 February 1912 — LAFAYETTE YOUTH FATALLY INJURED IN RENSSELAER. [ARTICLE]

LAFAYETTE YOUTH FATALLY INJURED IN RENSSELAER.

Albert Sweet, 17 Yean Old, Who Was Stealing Ride On Passenger Train Dut Here at 11:05 at Night. Albert Sweet, 17 years of age, was probably fatally injured at the Monon depot in Rtensselaer Sunday night He was stealing a ride on passenger train No. 2, due here from Chicago at 11:05 at night, and was standing between the baggage car and the first passenger coach, in thq no-called vestibule. As long as the train was going forward there was room for him there, irat when the train backed up as it did after running past the water tank here, his body was mashed between the cars. Two companions who were also stealing rides, had left the perilous position before the train backed up and were not hurt. It is thought that Sweet was trying to jump from the train when his body was caught. His companions did not make themselvesknown and Sweet, Who was conscious when picked up and carried into the depot, would not tell who they were although he told his own name. - Dr. I. M. Washburn was called and he found the youth in a very bad condition, being frightfully crushed about the hips and'the stomach, the public bone was crushed, one thigh bone fractured and the Illium broken. He suffered an internal hemorrhage and the injuries will probably result fatally or at least leave him in such condition that he will never be able to walk though he survives. He was sent to a Lafayette hospital on the early morning train. Dr. Washburn went as far as Monon with him and John Robinson accompanied him the balance of the way. The boy is the son of a widowed mother. He was already a cripple, having been injured several years ago by the explosion of some fireworks In Lafayette. '