Evening Republican, Volume 16, Number 230, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 25 September 1912 — GARY NEWSBOY OFFERS SACRIFICE [ARTICLE]

GARY NEWSBOY OFFERS SACRIFICE

Bill Ruge, With One Twisted Leg, Offers It to Stive Life of Badly Burned Young Lady. A few days ago Miss Ethel Smith, of Gary, who was riding a motorcycle, was frightfully burned about the legs and back when her skirts caught fire from a spark from the motorcycle engine. Her life now hangs in the balance, but physicians say she can be saved if skin can be procured to graft over the burned parts. Bill Huge, a newsboy of Gary, has one short and twisted leg. He has offered the skid from this limb and its amputation to save Miss Smith. The physicians will decide whether he will be permitted to make the sacrifice. Ruge has become a hero by his offer and a movement has been started to raise a hero fund for him in case Ruga's offer is accepted. ,