Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 43, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 21 February 1917 — Former Rensselaer Resident Killed in Los Angeles [ARTICLE]

Former Rensselaer Resident Killed in Los Angeles

Mrs. Wesley Thompson, formerly of Rensselaer and a friend of Mrs. E. P. Honan, was killed in an aoitomobile accident in Los Angeles, California, Wednesday of last week. Mrs. Thompson was the wife of Dr. Thompson who was at one time associated with the late Dr. J. HLoughridge in the practice of Medicine in Rensselaer. The accident occurred at a street crossing and the automobile was reduced to kindling and scrap-iron by being struck by a street car. The automobile, which belongs to Dr. Thompson, was driven by Mrs. Spencer. She and the two daughters of Mrs. Thompson were very badly injured. -