Jasper County Democrat, Volume 20, Number 49, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 19 September 1917 — DRAFTED MAN LOSES FINGER [ARTICLE]

DRAFTED MAN LOSES FINGER

William Teske of Union township, one of those .accepted for military service anil Vho was included in the second 40 per cent, of the first call; —bird —the misfOl'tu'ne ~~To shoot off the index finger of his right hand last Wednesday while out hunting. The accident happened while Teske was holding the gun by the muzzle and was crawling through a fence. Mr. Teske was in Rensselaer Monday to have the wound treated, as it had been giving him considerable pain.