Evening Republican, Volume 16, Number 174, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 22 July 1912 — Skidding Automobile Causes Death of Man and Wife. [ARTICLE]

Skidding Automobile Causes Death of Man and Wife.

Jacob Datznan, one of the wealthiest farmers of Benton county, and his wife, were killed and three of their children Injured when their automobile skidded and turned over near Fowler at 12:30 o'clock Sunday afternoon. <Mr. and Mrs.' Datznan were found, locked in each other’s arms, their necks pinioned and broken under the running board of the car. The three children • were cut and bruised but not seriously injured. They were thrown clear of the car as it turned over.

Mr. and Mrs. Datznan with their children were returning to their home five miles north of Fowler after attending the Catholic church at Fowler. Mr. Datznan was driving at the rate of about twenty miles an hour, his wife in the front seat wi& him. The stone road was wet and treacherous after the hard rains. When three miles east of Fowler the driver attempted to avoid a hole in the road, the rear of the heavy autmobild skidded into a ditch and the car swung sideways across the road. The children in the rear seat were thrown clear. Mr. and Mrs. Datznan evidently were thrown into each other’s arms and out of the car, falling in the road in-front of it as it turned over on its sides, their necks caught and broken by the running board. Mr. Datznan had purchased the car in June.

Frank Bowers, a nephew 'of Mrs. Datznan, had passed them just before the accident in another car. He was the first one to reach the scene. Jlelp was telephoned for and a number of physicians were rushed from Fowler, but their services were not needed as the man and wife had been killed instantly and the children were not in need of medical aid. Mr. and Mrs. Datznan were both born and raised in Benton county and were- considered very wealthy. Mrs. Datznan was the daughter of Bernard Brickley, who died about a year ago, one of the land barons of Benton Mr. Datznan was fifty years old and spent his entife life in Benton county. Mrs. Datznan was 43 years of age.