Columbus (IN) Evening Republic, February 11, 1897, p. 8. LEG AMPUTATED James A. Petree of Elizabethtown was in this city Monday returning home from a trip to Chicago. He visited the latter city in the interest of Samuel Murdock of Rockcreek Township who has been undergoing treatment at the Presbyterian Hospital for an injury to his knee that he received last summer. It was found necessary to amputate the leg which was done Saturday. Mr. Murdock stood the operation well, and it is thought that he may soon be able to return home.