Evening Republican, Volume 19, Number 49, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 27 February 1915 — Man Stealing a Ride Received Mashed Foot. [ARTICLE]

Man Stealing a Ride Received Mashed Foot.

J. Janusek, who with another man was stealing a, ride on the northbound Monon passenger j w 7:06 Friday evening, received a quite severe injury at the station hare. The men were sitting on the rear of the engine tender and Janusek seems to have had his foot between the chafing irons that are at the end of the cans. As long as the train was pulling forward his foot was all right but whfen the train stopped and backed up a little his foot was severely squeezed, the great toe being badly mashed and the metacarpal bones being injuerd. Dr. Washburn, local surgeon for the Monon, was called and gave the injured foot attention and the man was sent on to Chicago, where he claimed his ‘home. He was about 25 years of age and himself and companion claim to have formerly been employed as firemen on the Wabadh railroad. They seemed like very nice men and apparently were not used to bumming.