The Plymouth tribune. (Plymouth, Ind.) 1901-1911, 1904-09-29
DIR. REYNOLDS KILLED
Piymouth's Great Physician and Sur
e seon Meets Instant Death 1t the
Jacoby Crossing.


to circumference Sunday evening by
the announcement that DR.. Reynolds
had been killed at the Jacoby crossing
two miles east of this city by the fast
mail train on the PittSburg.
i The doctor had been to see a pa
tient in the country east Of this city
and was returning home. He was
going west and freight going in the
same direction had passed him only
two or three minutes before be reached
the crossing which probably was the
reason that he did not hear the fast
mail, which was a half hour late, COM
ing up behind him running mile a
minute If not faster.
When he turned north to cross the
track the train struck his buggy.
mashed it all out of shape, threw him
and the buggy on the pilot, crushing
his skull and killing him instantly.
The horse was dragged several feet
and was thrown on the bank at one
side of the road where 1t died in a few
minutes.
The train was brought to a stand
still as quickly as possible. Mr.. Phil
lips and William Vanvactor, who live
near the crossing heard the crash and
were soon at the train. They recOg-
nized the horse and knew that one OF
Plymouth's oldest and greatest physi.
clans was dead. They and the train
men succeeded 10 getting the buggy
off the pilot but the doctor was
wedged into it SO tightly that they
could not remove him and the train
was run to the station at plymouth.
which was only little more than half
mile distant.
1t required the strength of four men
to remove the body from the pilot,
but with the exception of the top and
back part OF the head the remains
were not mangled though the right
leg, arms and collar bone were broken.
Undertaken Leonard took charge of
the remains and prepared them for
burial, after which they we're taken
to the family home.
The train left Inwood at SOS and
the accident occurred at 100 O'Clock,
the train having run the five miles In
five minutes. 1t was 1888 p. m. when
the remains reached the station in
in this city. DR.. Knott and DIR. AS
pinal were called by telephone and
assisted the undertaken in his work.
George r. Reynolds was born in La
porte county, Ind, March IL, l84l,
and was So years 6 months and IA
days old at the time of his death. He
grew to manhood In Laporte county,
received his education in the
schools of Laporte and at Metho-
odist college In Valparaiso, grad
sated in The medical department
OF the Michigan University, March
q, 1867. and shortly afterward came
to Plymouth and began the practice
of medicine.
From that time until his death this
city was his home. he soon became
prominent as physician and surgeon
and mad large and successful prac-
tice.
He was natural physician, he mad
a great deal of common sense and
could be depended upon In any emer-
gepcy. Plain and common looking he
was very kind and gentle and had the
faculty of at once winning the con-
fidence of bis patient If difficult sur
gIcal operation was be performed; but
while he was a very Skillful surgeon
he never used the surgeons knife un-
less it was absolutely necessary. He
did not believe in cutting people to
pieces except as a last resort to save
| life.
He was great reader, an original
thinker, always kept abreast of the
times and was we'll informed on all
current subjects. He was born de-
batter and was always able to we'll
maintain his positions against any an
tagonist.
He was for many years a member
IT the school board, served eight years
as member of the city council, was
the first secretary Of the county
board Of health, served four years as
postmaster and held other positions
of trust and Importance.
His wife, to whom he was married
soon after he entered the medical pro-
fession, was Miss Martha Higday, OF
Laporte. To- this union five children
were born. all of whom are living.
They are Mrs. Bertha X. Mcdonald,
of Chicago; Mrs. Maud N. Houghton,
of this city; Carl D., George E. and
Miss Estella Reynolds, of this city.
The death Of DR.. Reynolds is a dis.
tinct loss to the city and county, as
we'll as to his family, and hundreds of
people feel that the place of DR.. Rey-
nnldS can never ho fillad Ac r,hu