Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 20, Number 2, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 9 September 1898 — Quite a Bad Runaway. [ARTICLE]

Quite a Bad Runaway.

There was a rather serious runaway in town Thursday morning. A horse hitched to a top buggy, be* longing to John Bourne, east of town, started from Elder N. H. Shepherd’s residence, on Van Rensselaer street. Mr. Bourne was putting some wire in the buggy, which frightened the horse. A two old son of Mr. Shepherd’s was in the buggy, and was thrown out and quite badly bruised aboyt the head. Just how serious the injuries are the physician, Dr. Johnson, could not at once determine. The horse ran down town and near Forsythe’s store was Caught by J. J: Montgomery, who held on to it until near the telephone exchange when it ran into Mr. Montgomery’s own buggy breaking it some. His horse started to run but being tied to a weight soon came to a stop. Mr. Bourne’s horse ran through the business part of town and then out on the Btock farm road, finally breaking the buggy badly. Previous to getting down town the horse ran around several streets, and at some point ran into a cart driven by Frank King. He was thrown out and bruised to some extent.