Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 198, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 30 August 1918 — SMALL BOY MEETS DEATH [ARTICLE]

SMALL BOY MEETS DEATH

LESLIE SMITH, SON OF E. E. SMITH, KILLED BY AUTOMOBILE AT HAMMOND. Leslie Smith, son of E. E. Smith, of Rensselaer, met his death by being run over by an automobile at Hammond Thursday evening at 6:30 o’clock. 'Mr. Smith received a telegram notifying him of the accident and went to Hammond this morning. The particulars of the accident were not given in the telegram, other than that the boy had been run over and had been removed to a hospital, and that his death occurred shortly thereafter, without regaining consciousness. The body was brought here at 2 o’clock this afternoon and the funeral will be held here. The Smith boy was fourteen years old. He went to Hammond six weeks ago and was making his home with his brother, Raymond Smith.