Jasper County Democrat, Volume 14, Number 93, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 2 March 1912 — Young Man Killed at Mt. Ayr In Runaway. [ARTICLE]

Young Man Killed at Mt. Ayr In Runaway.

John Burns, the 26-year-old son , of Mrs. Biddie Burns, a widow lady livng north of Mt. Ayr, was killed in a runaway accident Wednesday evening, while returning home from Mt. Ayr with a team of horse's hitched to the rufming gears of a wagon, which he had taken to town that morning to have repaired. Just inside the corporation the horses became frightened and he lost control of them and was evidently thrown off ■violently upon the frozen ground when near the residence of George Schanlaub, where his body was picked up soon after by persons who had gone in search of him. Two gashes on the forhead, extending through the skull, were found by the coroner upon examination of the body. A large pile of ashes over which the wheels passed was, no doubt, responsible for his having been thrown off. The horses continued for a mile before they were finally stopped. About a year ago Burns’ brother whs killed in an accident similar to the one in which he met death Wednesday. The funeral will be held today at 11 o’clock from the residence 2 % miles north of Mt. Ayr, and burial made in the Lone Star cemetery. He leaves a mother, an older brother and a sister. Burns .was regarded as a steady-going, honest young man and a hard worker, who had gained the respect of the community.