Jasper County Democrat, Volume 9, Number 9, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 2 June 1906 — SCORE ONE FOR THE AUTO [ARTICLE]

SCORE ONE FOR THE AUTO

Devil Wagon, Instead of Sending Somebody to Eternity, Saves a Human Life. Wabash, Ind., June I.—A flying trip In an automobile by a Wabash physician saved the life of D. C. Hitt, a traveling sclesman of Columbus, 0., who took poison by mistake while a guest at the Tremont hotel. -Hitt had a skin eruption on ids arm, and he dissolved corrosive sublimate In a glass of water, which he placed on the lavatory. Forgetting al»ont the Jotion, a few minutes afterward he drank it, and was soon seized with terrific trains. No physician was near, and it was feared that Hitt would die till some one thought of Dr. Houser and his auto. Fie was asked to hurry, and he did s , airlvii g barely in time to save Hitt’s life.