Evening Republican, Volume 18, Number 126, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 28 May 1914 — LEFT LEG DEEP IN THE MIRE [ARTICLE]

LEFT LEG DEEP IN THE MIRE

Man Hopped Away—Recovered Wooden Limb Later Without Very Much Difficulty. Westhampton, L. I.—James Tuller had his left leg torn off here. He recovered it, after having hopped about for some hours. , Tuller is a cook, working on a dredge at Turkey bridge. One night he returned from shore leave, and while attempting, to reach the dredge, by walking through the deep mud, he became mired. - Lewis Warner, who came to his assistance, succeeded in rescuing all of the cook save his wooden leg. The timber limb remained buried during the remainder of the night Later it was dug out without difficulty.