Sad Death of a Child
John Wasco, the 4-year-old son of Stephen and Elizabeth Wasco met death in an unusual way at his home near Benscreek Friday evening. The little fellow left his home about 4 o'clock Friday afternoon and went out to play. About 5 o'clock his mother went out to look for him and becoming alarmed at not finding him in any of his usual haunts, notified some of her neighbors who together with the boys' parents instituted a thorough search for him. No trace was discovered until 6 o'clock Saturday morning when one of the neighbors found the dead boy about one hundred feet from the rear of the house, pinned down by an old railroad tie. The right arm was broken, a huge hole was torn in the right cheek and the neck broken, the latter injury being the cause of death. All the indications went to show that the little fellow in clambering up on a pile of old ties had loosened one of them which in falling had thrown him to the ground, inflicting the injuries mentioned. |
