Boy's Feet Cut Off

While mowing cane near his home at Letot Thursday of last week, Otto Crumberly, a well known farmer, drove the mower over his 4-year old son, cutting off both feet above the ankle.
Crumberly began his work shortly after daylight.  The little boy got up later and wandered off to the field in search of his father. Crumberly did not see the child wading through the cane and not until a scream was heard beneath the long blades of the machine did he realize what had happened. He jumped from the seat and tenderly pulled the child from beneath the blades. Another turn of the machine would probably have caused instant death.  The aid of physicians was immediately called, the little fellow's wounds dressed and he is doing as nicely as could be expected.

The Carrollton Chronicle - Friday, August 2, 1912
Submitted by Edward Lynn Williams

The small child of Otto Crumbley had both feet cut off this morning while in the cane where Mr. Crunbley was mowing. The child was not seen until struck by the mower.

The Carrollton Chronicle - Friday, August 2, 1912
Submitted by Edward Lynn Williams