Evening Republican, Volume 16, Number 210, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 2 September 1912 — FINGER SEVERED BY RING [ARTICLE]

FINGER SEVERED BY RING

Spectator Watching Balt Game at Springfield, 0., From Tt*ee Loses Digit In Fall. Springfield, O. —Excited by a home run smash in a baseball game which he was watching from a seat in a tree, Ernest Rich lost his balance and felL As he shot toward the ground Rich clutched at a limb. A ring he was wearing on the third finger of his left band caught Rich was suspended for several minutes, struggling desperately to free himself, until a sodden Jerk threw all his weight on the ring and tore the finger off.