Jasper County Democrat, Volume 12, Number 21, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 16 June 1909 — DIES FROM MULE’S KICK. [ARTICLE]

DIES FROM MULE’S KICK.

Joe Williams, Prominent Union tp., Farmer, Succumbs to Injuries. *VJoseph Williams of Union tp., died Monday at two o’clock from injuries received by being kicked in the stomach by a mule Friday afternoon. So serious were his injuries that an operation by a Chicago physician failed to bring relief, The left kidney wap torn loose and the bowels bursted. A wife and six children survive him. The funeral was held to-day and interment made in Prater cemtery. The deceased was 56 years of age and a well to do and .prominent farmer of that township.