Jasper County Democrat, Volume 11, Number 30, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 16 September 1908 — HURT IN RUNAWAY. [ARTICLE]

HURT IN RUNAWAY.

Returning from a visit at the home of W. R. Willitt’s, east of McCoysburg Sunday afternoon, Frank King and his family had an exciting experience in a runaway, the net result of which was a broken limb for his wife and a badly skinned hand for himself, the children escaping without a scratch. When about a mile east of the Lawler residence east of Pleasant Ridge, Mr. King got out of the carriage to fix the shoe of one of the horses that had been Interfering somewhat and the two older children got out to pick some flowers. He had unhooked the outside tug so that he could get at the foot better and had lifted the foot to cut off a strip of leather under the shoe when the horse kicked at him and then plunged forward, letting the tongue down and still leaving three tugs hitched to the singletrees. When he got out of the carriage he had taken the reins with him and had hold of them when the horses commenced plunging and pulling the carriage against him at every lunge. Finally he was knocked down and the reins were pulled through his hands and the carriage wheels passing over his legs and the small of the back, bruised him somewhat. When this was happening Mrs. King, who was still in the carriage, jumped out with her two-year-old child in her arms, an<T~as she struck the ground her left limb was broken below the knee. The babe escaped without injury/ The team ran about three miles before they were caught, but a son of Silas Potts came along and was sent to Wash Lowman’s near by where a conveyance Was telephoned for. but Dr. Kresler, who was making a professional call at Mr. Lowman's, brought them to town, where, the needed medical attention was given. Mrs. King* is doing nicely at this writing.