Jasper County Democrat, Volume 11, Number 1, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 4 April 1908 — INSTANTLY KILLED [ARTICLE]

INSTANTLY KILLED

Tree Falls On Tom Moody of Barkley Tp. LIFE CRUSHED OUT IN A MOMENT X / Thomas Moody, eldest son of Mr. and Mrs. Granville Moody of Barkley tp., was instantly killed Tuesday morning at about eight o'clock by being caught by a falling tree and having the life crashed out of him without a moment’s warning. He was out In the timber getting out a butt of a tree for a gate-post. .His father and the hired man were “with him. The tree lodged in another one and a team was hitched to the lodged one to pull it down. His father was driving the team and Tom and the hired man stood by watching it. Another tree that had been broken off by the lodged tree and which was about six Inches in diameter, fell and struck Tom in the forehead, crushing it in and scraping his body down the front, causing almost instant death. Mr. Moody turned and saw the tree falling just before it struck Tom, but too late for him to heed his father’s warning cry. He rushed to his side immediately and picked him up and he expired In -a, moment in hia arms. TB@ 'yoVing man was exceedingly popular and his tragic death was a fearful shock to his parents and many friends. The funeral was held Thursday afternoon and was one of the most largely attended of any that has been held here for a long time. Interment was made in Weston cemetery-