Evening Republican, Volume 17, Number 164, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 11 July 1913 — Haynes Hackett Gets His Money From Monon Railroad. [ARTICLE]

Haynes Hackett Gets His Money From Monon Railroad.

Haynes Hackett, the Monon man who lost both legs some six or seven years ago, while employed on the Monon railroad and who sued the company and received a judgment for $30,000, which was j&ter confirmed by the supreme court, and interest at the rate of 6 per cent added, has now received settlement in full. The amount paid by the Monon railroad was $36,862.02. H. E. Wynekoop, of Chicago, was the attorney, and he doubtless received a large fee for his work, as the ease was in the courts for a long time