Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 36, Number 122, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 28 October 1904 — BABY'S SKULL CRUSHED. [ARTICLE]

BABY'S SKULL CRUSHED.

4 probably fatal accident recur ed Tuesday, about two o’clock, st the home of Mr. and Mrs Wm. O Hoover, about three miles southwest of town. Ttey found their little son, a litt'e over two year old, unconscious in the lot and evidently suffering fro n h vng been kick* d by a h jrse. Dr. I. M, Wasbbrn w s nt for, and himself aud Dr. Hermon operated upon tbe inj-tred l>a *y. Tne skull about the le t ear was found to be crushed in for a distance of about itches in length, and an inch or more in breadth. Tne scalp wis not cut through but the muscles under it w re cu , and torn. The doctors took out asi a piece of the broken skull and raised the depressed p rt : ons Somi of the braiu matter escaped when the operation was under way. The child is in a very criti- ( cal condition, and will pr bably 1 n t recover |