Jasper County Democrat, Volume 12, Number 36, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 18 August 1909 — RUN OVER BY COAL WAGON. [ARTICLE]

RUN OVER BY COAL WAGON.

Ten-Year-Old Son of Harry Alter Killed' At Forest, laid. William Rayher and Mr. and MrsFrank Alter were” called to Forest, Ind., Saturday by the accidental death of the 10-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Harry Altar, former residents of near Rensselaer, where Mr. Alter run the till mill north of town. It seems that an older brother, 18 years of age, had, with his father, been hauling coal from the railroad to the tile mill which Mr. Alter runs near Forest, but on Friday he went to the fair at Russlaville and the younger boy said he could drive one of the teams all right. Mr. Alter’s wagop was loaded and the men hheVelitti 6Ut thd 66al from the car told him to drive on and they would .look after the boy and get him started all right. The latter’s load was put on and he mounted the wagon, sitting on the foot-board immediately in front. In crossing a little ditch some four inches deep that 'had been dug to let out the water across the road, soon after starting, he fell onto the whiffletrees and thence to the ground behind the horses when the front wheels dropped into the ditch, and one of the front wheels of the loaded wagon passed over his neck and caused instant death. Seven years ago the sth of August, hnother son of Mr. and Mrs. Alter met a tragic death while riding a horse hitched to a hay rake, being

thrown off and dragged by the rake and so badly injured that he soon died. The sad death of this latter boy again casts a deep gloom over the home. One son and three daughters are left to mourn with the parents and friends.