Jasper County Democrat, Volume 20, Number 53, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 3 October 1917 — MEMBER OF COMPANY M DEAD [ARTICLE]

MEMBER OF COMPANY M DEAD

William Hughes Died Suddenly While Enroute to Southland. William Hughes of Brookston, a member of Company M of Rensselaer, died Sunday at Bowling Green, Kentucky, where he was removed from the troop train bearing the Indiana soldiers to Hattiesburg, Mississippi. The cause of death was pronounced to have been uremic poisoning. was found in an unconscious condition on the train, and when he was removed at Bowling Green he was quite serious, and death resulted soon after. The body has been shipped to Brookston for burial. Prior to enlisting in Company M, Hughes was employed as a telegraph lineman on the Monon, and was well known to several people here who regret to hear of his untimely death.