Jasper County Democrat, Volume 13, Number 26, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 9 July 1910 — KILLED IN A RUNAWAY. [ARTICLE]

KILLED IN A RUNAWAY.

Wife of Prominent Farmer Loses Life in Accident Near Romney. Lafayette, Ind., July s.—Mrs. Martha E. Davis, age forty-five, the wife f John Davis, a prominent farmer of this county, was killed by being thrown from a buggy this morning a mile and a half southwest of Romney. Mrs. Davis was driving with hci husband and son when an automobile driven by Dr. J. H. Mitchell, of Romney, caused her horse to become frightened. The animal jumped forward, overturning the buggy and throwing out all of the occupants. Mrs. Davis landed on her head and a rock in the road fractured her skull. Dr. Mitchell took the injured woman to Romney, where he attended her, but she died two hours later witho.ut regaining consciousness. Mrs. Davis was a prominent church worker and a member of a well-known family. The husband and son were uninjured.