Verts - Richard
Source: Crawfordsville Daily Journal Monday, 12 September 1892
Richard Verts, a well-to-do and respected farmer of the county, met with a terrible calamity yesterday at this home several miles from this city near Darlington. He had gone to his barn to feed, and while attending to his horses one of them, a very vicious animal, began to bite and kick him. As Mr. Verts remaining longer than usual, his wife went to see what was the matter and found him wandering around in the barn out of his head. The family got him to the house and Drs. Chambers and Etter were summoned from Crawfordsville. After he had recovered consciousness, he related how he was injured. It was found that his lower jaw bone was broken in two places and he had a large wound on the chin. He was also hurt internally and was bleeding from his throat and lungs. His condition this morning was still very serious and he was unconscious. His recovery is regarded as very doubtful.