Jasper County Democrat, Volume 13, Number 3, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 16 April 1910 — BLOWS BODY INTO SHREDS [ARTICLE]

BLOWS BODY INTO SHREDS

Dynamite Explodes, Hurling Pieces ot Flesh Across Field. Shirley. Ind., April 15 —Jesse Slaughter, 25 years old, was blown to pieces by an explosion of dynamite on the fartn of Ward Martindale He was blasting stumps and was carrying fifteen pounds of dynamite to make the last blast of the day. In Crossing the field the dynamite ex ploded, blowing Slaughter to shreds. Part of the body was found a great distance from the scene.