Evening Republican, Volume 17, Number 33, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 7 February 1913 — MONON BOY SHOT IN LEG BY COMPANION [ARTICLE]

MONON BOY SHOT IN LEG BY COMPANION

Son of John G. Brown Accidentally Discharges Gun Maiming Ira Eldridge, Aged 17. Monon News. Ira Eldridge, the 17-year-old son of Stephen Eldridge, was accidentally shot in theTetrieg above the ankle by a gun in tlre haiias Of Archie Brown Wednesday afternoon at about 2:30 o’clock. The boys were out for a hunt and young Brown was walking about four feet behind Eldridge when, from some unaccountable cause the former’s weapon was discharged and a full charge of shot was emptied into the latter’s leg, terribly lacerating the flesh and exposing the bone. With rare presence of mind, Brown tied his handkerchief about the leg to stop the flow of blood and then hastened to find a rope, which he ajpo used for the same purpose. They were huning in a field near Chester Roby’s house and Mrs. Roby came with her buggy and took the injured boy to their house. Dr. Reagan was summoned and the wound was dressed, after which he was removed to his home. The boy passed a restless night and the attending physician is apprehensive of the outcome, which may require amputation. Archie Brown, who is a son of Hon. John G. Brown, deeply deplores the accident and is certainly entitled to credit for his thoughtfulness and wise action in a trying emergency.