Jasper County Democrat, Volume 12, Number 54, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 20 October 1909 — D. E. HOLLISTER BREAKS LEG. [ARTICLE]

D. E. HOLLISTER BREAKS LEG.

D. E. Hollister had the misfortune to break his right leg between the ankle and knee Monday afternoon. He had been over to Remington with Bert Abbott in Babcock & Hopkins’ auto, to consult Dr. Besser about a sore on his nose which is thought to be a cancer. On coming back, when at the corner by W. H. Parkison’s, Mr. Hollister thought it unnecessary for the auto to come to a dead stop to let him out to go to his home, and he jumped out like a school boy. The auto was going faster than he thought, however, and he fell and one of the rear wheels passed his right leg, breaking the bone square oft some four or five inches above the ankle. Mr- Hollister is 71 years of age, and the fracture will probably be slow in knitting, so that he will likely be laid up all winter.