Peters - Theodore
Source: Crawfordsville Weekly Journal Friday, 2 September 1898
The following special from Muncie Saturday is of interest here where the Peters family formerly lived: “This forenoon, while raising the center pole for the tent of the world’s greatest dog and pony show, the heavy pole got loose from the ropes and fell among a crowd of small boys. Theodore, the twelve year old son of Charles Peters, of the Muncie bottling works, was pinned to the ground and instantly killed, his chest being crushed in. he had just been employed to carry water to earn a ten cent admission ticket and this makes the show company liable. The street parade and afternoon performance was cancelled as a result of the accident. It was marvelous that several others escaped the same fate.” -s