Jasper County Democrat, Volume 14, Number 90, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 21 February 1912 — PROBABLY FATALLY INJURED [ARTICLE]

PROBABLY FATALLY INJURED

Lafayette Boy Badly Crushed Here Sunday Night While Stealing a Ride. Albert Sweet, who was stealing a ride on the Monon passenger train No. 3, due in Rensselaer at 11:05 p. m„ was caught between the vestibules of the mail and baggage cars Sunday night as he was attempting to get off the train here. He was placed in charge of a physician and was taken to Lafayette Monday morning. He was crushed above the hips and the physician says that he will never be able to walk even if he survives the injury. His hips were crushed terribly. The railroad officials do not know where he boarded the train, but it is supposed he was coming down from Chicago. He was injured several years ago by the explosion of some fire works at the corner of Fourth and Columbia streets in Lafayette. He is seventeen years old and is a son of the late Joseph Sweet of Lafayette. His mother lives in Lafayette.