Evening Republican, Volume 59, Number 107, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 26 May 1917 — Right Foot is Badly Mangled In Accident. [ARTICLE]

Right Foot is Badly Mangled In Accident.

0. N. Faber, the Newland-merchant) started to go out of the door of his residence Friday evening about six o’clock and in opening the door he had the barrel of his gun (pointed downward. It went off. and horribly mangled his right foot. A Rensselaer physician was called and the wound was dressed as best it could be and the unfortunate man was brought to the county hospital. It will be impossible for the physician to decide whether or not the foot can be rsaved for several days.