Jasper County Democrat, Volume 12, Number 84, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 2 February 1910 — RESENTS INSULT TO FLAG [ARTICLE]

RESENTS INSULT TO FLAG

Poole Knock* Surgeon Down for Cutting Flag Tattooed on Body. Greenville, S. C., Feb. I.—The piercing of a tattooed American flag by the knife of a surgeon caused a patriotic American to spring from the op■erating table, strike the offending surgeon and declare that he would seek damages in the courts. Tom Poole, the injured man, had been slashed three times across the abdomen while involved in a fight. A stray bullet had also found its way into his breast. He was watching the surgeon's skill with interest When the knife ran through “Old Glory," which had been brilliantly etched into the man’s skin, he sprang from the table and knocked down the surgeon.