Rensselaer Republican, Volume 26, Number 22, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 25 January 1894 — WARNING TO POKER PLAYERS. [ARTICLE]

WARNING TO POKER PLAYERS.

Four Young Men Badly Inju. od While Gambling on Sunday. 4 Four yonng men named Robert. Allback, Lan Inger and Kncaid, at Wellsville, 0., went to a quit place on the hillside under an overhanging rock, ana. after building a fire, be ran their usual Sunday recreation of poker playing. Abont 4 o’clock the rock gave way and all four were.caught bc.ieath it. Both Aliback’s legs were brokeu at the thigh and his head badly cat. He will die. Laninger was hurt internally and cannot recover. Roberts has a broken leg and was cut about the arms. "Kincaid’s arm was broken and he was cut abont the body. The young men conld not be rescued until the rock had been broken to pieces.