Evening Republican, Volume 17, Number 206, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 29 August 1913 — Fatally Injured at Fowler In a Borrowed Automobile. [ARTICLE]

Fatally Injured at Fowler In a Borrowed Automobile.

Lafayette Journal. Howard Hague, aged 19, son of Mr. and Mrs. Albert Hague, of Fowler, wa# fatally Injured Wednesday night about 10:30 o'clock when the automobile which he was driving turned over. Mr. Pinwood, who lives north of Fowler, had come to town with hie family to hear the band concert. He left his machine ' standing on the square and turned down the lights. Hague; In company with Clarenqe Bonwell, aged 19, noticed the machine and concluded to take a joy ride. They got away without difficulty and drove around the court house. When Hague, who was driving, tried to pass a buggy, he turned the steering gear in such a manner as to cause the machine to upset. The boys were thrown out and Bonwell escaped without serious injury. Hague was carried to the Fowler hotel, of which his father is the proprietor, and doctors called. On examination it was found that Hague had sustained a deep gash in the hack of his head whieh required seven stitches to dose. It is also feared that his skull is fractured. His head and shoulders were badly cut and bruised and he received other minor injuries. 'Hie automobile was badly damaged, the windshield being demolished and the left fender broken. The body of the car was torn loose from the frame and was split and broken beyond repair.