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Atlantic News Telegraph, Atlantic IA - 11/07/1913
CANNON REMAINS TAKEN TO BRAYTON
Body of E.W. Cannon, Killed in Auto
Accident Near The Bluffs, Taken
to Brayton Yesterday - Percy
Hallock Is Recovering
The remains of E.W. Cannon, whose death in an auto accident near Co
un cil Bluffs, in which Percy Halleck was also injured, was told of in th
is p aper yesterday, were taken to Brayton, near which place the deceas
ed liv ed on the Halleck places.  The deceased had no daughter, that state
me nt in this paper last evening being an error.
Percy Halleck, who was driving the car, is doing nicely at Mercy ho
sp ital in the Bluffs.  He was not seriously injured in the mix up, one sh
oul der being badly bruised and he was badly shaken up otherwise.  The acc
ide nt was the result of his miscalculating the distance as he made t
he tu rn at the corner and went onto the bridge.  He did not make the prop
er tu rn and realized too late to stop the car.  The car went on top of t
he t wo men, and pinned them down so that they could not move.  Mr. Can
no n, as previously stated in this paper, was drowned in the mud and wat
er a nd had not a scratch on him, and Mr. Halleck was unconscious, large
ly fr om the fumes of the gasoline which had leaked from the overturned ca
r.  Wh en help came it was just in time, as had it not arrived when it d
id the re would have been two dead men instead of one, as from the shock a
nd brea thing the gasoline fumes he was nearly gone.
The car in which the men were riding when the accident occurred w
as n ot a new car, as was stated, but the Cadillac roadster owned by Mr. H
allec k.  The car was gotten out of the ditch and taken to Omaha for repa
ir s.  It was not damaged as badly as one would think, although bang
ed up qui te a bit.
John Curry and wife, who went to the Bluffs on account of the accid
en t, are home.
Obituary
Audubon County Journal
November 6, 1913
KILLED WHEN AUTO FALLS INTO A DITCH
E.W. Cannon was killed and Percy Hallock was quite seriously injured We
dn esday night when the automobile in which they were riding went off t
he bri dge near the Duffy place, about five miles east of Council Bluffs.
The two men were from Brayton, Iowa and had been to Council Bluffs a
nd we re returning home.  It is evident that they did not see the sha
rp tu rn in the road just at this point as the front wheels missed and t
he machi ne turned completely over, falling into the ditch about ten fe
et below.  C annon was caught beneath the car and died almost instantl
y.  He fell fa ce downward in the mud and water.
The accident was first discovered by Charley Vesson who resides on t
he D r. Jennings farm.  He soon summoned the Duffy brothers, nearby, and t
hey b egan in an attempt to extricate the dead man from beneath the ca
r.  Coron er Cutler was at once notified and Dr. O'Keefe was soon on the s
cene and t he body of the dead man was removed to Woodring's morgue and Ha
llock was t aken to the Mercy Hospital.
While the party was making an effort to remove the two men from the wre
ck age, another machine
occupied by Jacob Spietzberger and A.L. Sternberg drove up.  This mac
hi ne was flagged or it is possible they might have suffered an accide
nt as t he railing on the bridge is yet believe to be passable, care wi
ll be neces sary in passing over it at night until it is fixed.  Lanter
ns were hu ng to warn travelers of the danger.
It is understood that the machine a Cadallac which Cannon and Halloc
k, we re driving, was new and had only been purchased during the day.
Mrs. Cannon was notified of her husband's death by Undertaker Woodri
ng la st night -- Nonpereil, Council Bluffs, Thursday, November 6th.
E.W. Cannon is better known as Ellis Cannon and resides in Oakfiel
d, as d oes Percy Hallock.  Mr. Cannon is a brother of Mrs. Frank Bash
am of this c ity and of Miss Opal Cannon of Oakfield.  Both m