Rensselaer Republican, Volume 25, Number 41, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 8 June 1893 — A HORRIBLE FATE. [ARTICLE]

A HORRIBLE FATE.

Mrs, Margaret Thompson Stamped to /! Death By a Horse. Mrs. Margaret Thompson, relict of the of the late Amos Thompson, one of the wealthiest arid most prominent citizens of Montgomery county, Diet with a horrible death, Wednesday evening, at her home north of CrawfordsvlHe. She went into the stable and into the stall of a favorite horse. The animal failed to recognize her because she wore a cape over her head, and crowded her against the side of the stall until she became unconscious and fell. After her fall her face and breast were pawed and stamped into a shapeless mass. She was discovered a few minutes later by Alexander Stroud, who is employed on the farm, and Mr. Strond was seriously hurt while trying to remove Mrs Thompson’s body from under the feet of the vicious animal. The deceased was seventy-three years old. She leaves several sons, all prominent farmers.