Jasper County Democrat, Volume 22, Number 34, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 26 July 1919 — Narrowly Escapes Death. [ARTICLE]

Narrowly Escapes Death.

Rochester, July 25.—John E. Troutman, seventy years old, prominent business man of Rochester, narrowly escaped death in a mud hole near Akron, east of here, when he attempted to swim to a boat in the lake outlet. He found himself in a veritable sea of mud and it was only by aid of his companion, Joe Keever, that he escaped.