Shelby - Ward
Source: Crawfordsville Weekly Journal Friday, 23 July 1897
Ward, the 4 year old son of Mr. and Mrs. Evan Shelby, of Kokomo, formerly of Linden, met with a very sad accident on July 12. The little fellow was cutting cardboard with a pair of sharp pointed shears when one of the blades accidentally pierced his eye, destroying the sight immediately. There is danger that the sight of the other eye may be lost through sympathy. -s