Jasper County Democrat, Volume 10, Number 27, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 5 October 1907 — SADDLE TURNED, BOY WAS KILLED [ARTICLE]

SADDLE TURNED, BOY WAS KILLED

Sad Death of Eleven-Year-Old Son off fir. and Hrs. A. O. Moore off Barkley Tp, Walter Moore, the eleven-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Austin Moore of Barkley tp.. died at 2 a. m., last Sunday from injuries received while out horseback riding at about the same hour the afternoon before. The sons of JSd Randle and W. F, Smith of Rensselaer were guests of the Moore boy Saturday and he treated them to a horseback ride. They were galloping along at a moderate speed and in riding into the farm yard at Tom Walter’s the saddle girt on Walter’s horse loosened /ind allowed the saddle to turn with the boy. He was thrown from the horse and his head struck the gate post, fracturing the skull of the forehead and rendering him unconscious, in which condition he remained until 2 a. m. Sunday, when he died. Medical attention was given as soon as possible, but it was of no avail. The funeral was held from the M. E. church Tuesday forenoon and was one of the largest funerals ever held in Rensselaer, the friends and neighbors turning out in large numbers to show their sympathy to the bereaved parents. Interment was made in Weston cemetery. The boy was the second of two children born to Mr. and Mrs. Moore, and the elder son having married a year or more ago now leaves them all alone. His sad and sudden taking off is a very hard blow to his parents, who have the sympathy of the entire community in their great bereavement.

Walter Moore, son of Austin O. and Mahala Moore, was born in Jasper county, Ind., August 1, 1896, and died September 29,1907, age 11 years, 1 month and 29 days. The cause of his death was being thrown from a horse, his head striking a post, causing concussionjand hemorrhage of the brain, from which he died in eleven hours after the accident. He received prompt attention by his parents and two physicians and neighbors, and all was done that loying hearts and kind hands could do, but of no avail, and the death angel claimed him. He leaves a father, mother, an aged grand-father, and one brother, Ralph Moore and wife Ethel, who reside near the parental home, and many relatives and friends. Walter was a dutiful, kind and obedient son. He was a good boy, highly respected and loved by his school and playmates. It was only to know him to love and respect him. His parents and many relatives and friends are bowed down and their hearts are filled with sorrow and sadness on account of his untimely and sudden death. Yet, weep not as those who have no hope; but look by an eye of faith woen they shall be permitted to greet him on that beautiful elysian plain where parting will be no more. “When the shepherds wish to lead their flock Into new pasture fresh and fair, They carry one lamb o'er the bars. And all the others follow there, The fate of the first one to share. "So the great Shepherd from onr fold Picked out the best loved lamb of all, Gathered him close with tender arms. And bore him safe within the wall, Sure we would heed his gentle call. “We see afar his beckoning hand. We see the love light in bis eyes, And so gain courage to press on, —r~To share with him that matchless prize, The blossoming fields of Paradise.”