Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 220, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 2 October 1917 — Report of Soldier’s Death Has Been Confirmed. [ARTICLE]

Report of Soldier’s Death Has Been Confirmed.

The report that William Hughes, who left Rensselaer as a member of Company M had died enroute to'the Hattiesburg camp has been confirmed, according to advices received from Bowling Green, Ky. The following is Jhe word received from Bowling Green and Brookston, the home of the dead soldier: Bowling Green, Ky., Oct. I.—William Hughes, an Indiana soldier, died at St. Joseph’s hospital yesterday morning. He was enroute from Fort Benjamin Harrison to Hattiesburg, Miss., and was found in an unconscious condition on the train. The commanding officer ordered him removed to the hospital here. He died a few hours later. Local physicians attribute his death to uremic poison. , Brookston, Ind., Oct. 1. William Hughes, of this place, who died yesterday at Bowling Green, Ky., from uremic poisoning, left Rensselaer a short time ago with Company M, of which he was a member. The body has been shipped to his home for burial. Hughes, prior f to his call to service, was in the employ of the Monon railroad as a signal man. He was a fine, robust young man and was one of the most physically perfect men in the local organization.