Jasper County Democrat, Volume 20, Number 17, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 26 May 1917 — FORMERLY LIVED AT KNIMAN [ARTICLE]

FORMERLY LIVED AT KNIMAN

Mrs. George S. Posey of Lochiel, who was so seriously injured Saturday evening when the machine in which she and her husband were riding was sideswiped by a speeding stranger near Lafayette, is a former resident of Jasper county. Mr. Posey, who is agent for the C. & E. I. railroad at Lochiel, a short distance -from Fowler, was forffierly agent for the same road

at Kniman, and his wife was Miss Ethel Poyer, daughter of Elmer Foyer, formerly of Kniman. Joseph Smith of this city is acquainted with Mr. and Mrs. Posey and when he read of the accident in Wednesday’s Democrat he immediately wrote to them. He received a reply yesterday and was advised that when Mrs. Posey was thrown from the machine she fell on her head, suffering a severe scalp w*ound and ft fracture of the outer plate of the skull. She is still confined in the hospital at Lafayette, but is doing nicely and it is hoped that she can be removed to her home tomorrow. It has not yet been learned who was driving the car that ran into the machine bearing Mr. and Mrs. Posey, we understand.