Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 38, Number 17, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 6 October 1905 — A BRISK RUNAWAY. [ARTICLE]

A BRISK RUNAWAY.

There was a short but rapid and dangerous runaway in town this ■ morning, The team belongs to Mr. Lebold of Newton tp., and he had J left it standing for a minute, in ( front of King’s blacksmith shop, on Front St. They hitched to a wagon on which was an empty hay rack. The horses started from the shop, and turned east on Washington street along which they tore at a fearful pace to Cullen street, where tney turned again and ran the wagon into a shade tree, west of the Makeever House, where they left one front wheel and the hay rack. The front axel being broken square off where it entered the wheel, and the hay rack being also badly broken up. The horses con tinned with but slightly diminished head of steam, half a block further and turned into Hemphill’s feed barn, but on their way in took advantage of their opportunity to run into and knock down the large post which held up Charley’s sign. Inside the barn they bumped hard against one of the large posts which support the garret and roof of the barn and nearly knocked it off its foundation. This sufficiently slackened their speed that they were caught before they ran into any of the buggies or horses in the barn/ The damage was but little except what has been mentioned further than that one 'of the horses was considerably cut and scratched. During their wild career up Washington street they narrowly missed some little girls on a cross ing and also gave Jud Perkins’ wagon a close shave.