Evening Republican, Volume 23, Number 95, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 19 April 1920 — SOLDIER’S WOUNDS ARE FATAL [ARTICLE]

SOLDIER’S WOUNDS ARE FATAL

Mrs. Frank Donnelly and Mrs. Morton Murray of this city attended the funeral of John Murray at Monticello Sunday. The deceased was, when a youth, a resident of this county, his father, John Murray, was the state agent for the Monon at Fair Oaks and later served in the same position at Monticello. The father’s death occurred a number of years ago. There were three brothers and I all of them were in the service during the Gerat War. John enI listed in 1914 and saw service at the Mexicon border. He went overseas where he was in the thick of the fight. He was gassed and had a leg shot off in Argonne Forest. He did not recover from the effects of the gas and wound. He was in a hospital in France for some time, after which he was brought back to this country. He was taken to the home of his ber, where his death occurred last Friday. He was twenty-two years of age. He was a relative of Harry B. Murray, William Murray and Mrs. Frank Donnelly of this city.