Jasper County Democrat, Volume 18, Number 65, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 13 November 1915 — OTTERBEIN BUTCHER KILLED [ARTICLE]

OTTERBEIN BUTCHER KILLED

lii Auto Accident—Visited in Rensselaer Last Sunday. Lafayette, Ind., Nov. 10, —Charles Weigle, a meat dealer of Otterbein, age 48, was instantly killed last night at 9 o’clock in an automobile accident near the Purdue university campus. Weigle was driving his car west to Otterbein. With him were John Miller and John Burns, also of Otterbein. R. a. Ervin, with his wife and sister-in-law, Miss Fay Johnson, were coming toward Lafayette after a trip to Benton county. Both were heavy machines and were traveling at high speed. It is supposed that one of the drivers, or both', became blinded by the glare of the approaching headlights. When the cars came together with a terrific crash they turned on end and rolled over together into a ditch. Weigle was caught between the wreckage and his head was crushed. He was lifeless when his body was taken from the wreck. Miller and

Burns were thrown out of the car and struck a telephone pole. Both have serious internal injuries and may no: recover. V Ervin, his wife and sister-in-law were also thrown out and landed on their heads in the road. Ervin is injured about the head and body and the two women are badly bruised. All live of the injured are at St. Elizabeth hospital. It is feared- that not all of them will recover. Burns and Ervin are both in a critical condition. The cars were demolished. Mr. Weigle, wife and son, Carl, visited in Rensselaer last Sunday with Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Swindler. The wife of Carl Weigle is a sister of Mrs. Swindler, and she visited the latter here last week, her husband and his father and mother coming over via auto Sunday and all returned home together Sunday evening. Later advices from Lafayette state that all the injured will recover.