Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 239, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 24 October 1917 — FARMER MEETS WITH DEATH [ARTICLE]

FARMER MEETS WITH DEATH

STANFORD CASEY, OF REMINGTON, DEAD AS RESULT OF DYNAMITE EXPLOSION; * County Coroner C. E. Johnson was notified by telephone this Wednesday morning to the effect that Stanford Casey, living about one mile from Remington, had met with death, when a stick of dynamite which he was carrying exploded, blowing him to bits. Details of the tragedy have not been learned and it is thought that there were no eyewitnesses to the accident. Members of the Casey family do not know the cause of the accident. Mr. Casey left the house this morning stating that he was going to the barn. A short time later the members of the family heard a terrific explosion and quickly rushed to the barn yard, and to the side of Mr. Casey. Death had been instantaneous. Although it has not been learned what the dead man intended doing with the dynamite, it is presumed that he was going to use it to remove stumps. Mr. Casey was a prominent fanner of Carpenter township, where he had lived for a great number of years and his untimely end came as a shock to that community. He was the father of Miss Casey, who formerly worked in the millinery store of Mary Meyer-Healy, in this city.