Evening Republican, Volume 16, Number 277, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 19 November 1912 — SAVES FATHER FROM BULL [ARTICLE]

SAVES FATHER FROM BULL

Tennessee Lad Throws Rocks at Animal Thgt Was Goring His Parent. Nashville, Tenn. —Prompt response of his twelve-year-old son to his cries for help saved the life of Dr. B. J. Shelton, a prominent physician of Antioch, near here, when the physician was gored by a vicious bull. Dr, Shelton was thrown to the ground, three ribs being broken and a deep gash cut in hlB chest by the horns of the infuriated animal. Young Shelton threw rocks at the bull and attracted hia attention after his father was down. '