Jasper County Democrat, Volume 21, Number 59, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 23 October 1918 — CAPT. GRANT KILLED IN WAR [ARTICLE]

CAPT. GRANT KILLED IN WAR

Former Third Baseman of Giants Slain by Hun Shell. With the American Army Northwest of Verdun, Oct. 22.—Capt. Edward Grant, former third baseman of the New York National league club, and attached to the Three Hundred and Seventh infantry, was killed by a shell while leading a pnlt to the aid of the famous “Lost battalion.” The battalion was surrounded for five days in the Argonne forest and Captain Grant was killed during one of the attempts, to reach It.