Jasper County Democrat, Volume 22, Number 67, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 19 November 1919 — ESCAPES WITH BROKEN ARM [ARTICLE]

ESCAPES WITH BROKEN ARM

Little Son of J. W. Stockton Run Over by Automobile. William Stockton, the little 6-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Jay W. Stockton, (proprietors of the Makeever hotel, was run over by an automobile driven by Dr. Oosten of Demotte about 11 o’clock Saturday morning. The accident occurred at the Cullen and Washington street crossing as the little fellow was going across the street and Dr. Oosten was coming from the west on Washington street and turned north on Cullen. The machine struck the boy and passed diagonally across his body, breaking his right arm above the elbow, hut aside from being bruised he was not seriously hurt, and Is reported to be getting along nicely. The accident Is said to .have been unavoidable. Dr. Oosten is a veterinary surgeon of Demotte and had been here for several weeks assisting Dr. H. J. Kannal of-this city.'