The Holt County sentinel. (Oregon, Mo.) 1883-1980, 1917-10-12
SAW HIM KILLED.


In 4 letter 10 his father. pr. W. y.
E,ndley, of Graham, Mo, Lieutenant
VIM. NJ findlcy, with the Harvard
Hospital Unit In France. tells of the
bombing of the hospital by German
airmen. aud with having witnessed the
Milling " Lieutenant Eitrsimmons,
the young Kansas city surgeon. the
first American army officer 10 be
killci IN the war. Tie says u was q
deliberate act. he was in the hos.
pital unit with Lieutenant Fitssim.
mons. Young findicy h u native Of
this county. and Was horn NJ New
co,nt. and Ia = son of nr. W. ]. Find.
ley, who prHct,ccd medicine there for
= number " years, and IL now located
~ Graham. NN'awAy county. We ar~
glad and proud that VIII WAS horn In
Holt county. the county which sent
nearly three times It's quota to the
fVnt without enforcement Of the &C.
lrctivr dram. lie enlisted with IN
English v~gimcnt brforr tho unitel
states entered the war. Following Ia
the letter which WAS written "scme-
whcr~ IN France" September 20:
Harvard Surgical Unit, General
Hospital -. II. r. r.. France,
September .. 1917.
Dear Had and june
II suppose that by the time YOU re-
erivr this YOU will have rad about
the Hun ksmbine 81 hospitals. have
withheld saying anything hrfcrr be.
cause ! Thought the eenscrs would
hold u ur. WANT 60 make u clear 10
yru that thcw have hrru NO casual.
ties " any sort in our hospital that
WAS not made clear In the ncwsra.
,~rs and MAS much put cut when
saw they had published just enough
o. WITTY yvu unnecessarily.
"Ns~~vrr. YOU may believe most cf
What yru arr likely 70 hear 81 the
Huns kcmhius hospitals cr attempt.
ing to I d~nt think exaggcraticu cf
newspapers, hut I know that they arr
n,,.l.s + g., srs hospitals m,,"i and thu.
that u ANYTHING ~ Ill happens to me
wa ~ill hear b. cable. Also, u wUr.
r'~>i 81 any time ycu may cable Her
trrt u. White. University rr~ss. Cam.
hr~te~. Nasa. and he viii let yNu
know. I shall tel, yNu the truth and
.. near the whole truth - possible ct
oil nn,cs, ~ dNnt he wrrrsi.
"hesr,tals IN thr~ stscs ~ US wrr
ksnes>, and one kansAs City SUR
ev>>u. within ah1t SIXTY yAris II me.
~as killed. Ne ~As the surev>,a men.
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