Evening Republican, Volume 23, Number 144, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 15 June 1920 — AUTO ACCIDENT PROVES FATAL [ARTICLE]

AUTO ACCIDENT PROVES FATAL

J&IN E. COOPER KILLED WHEN CAR PLUNGES OVER EMBANKMENT । John E. Cooper died at mg o'clock this Tuesday morning from injuries received Monday evening when an automobile in which he was riding plunged over an embankment norm of Virgie, pinning him beneath it and inflicting internal injuries. His companion, Ancil Potts, wasßhrown • clear of the car and escaped unhurt. Mir. Potts succeeded in extricating Mr. Cooper from the wreckage and with the aid of those living in the vicinity where the accident occurred, took the injured man to his home. Mr. Cooper was conscious until the end came any bore no marks of the accident. The machine was the property of Mr. Potts and he, in company with Mr. Cooper, had been in Roselawn on business. The accident occurred on the return trip. Mr. Potts had been driving the car but permitted Cooper to drive when the latter requested it. The cause of the ac-. cident is not known, but it is beJieved to have been due to nervousness on the part of the driver, deep ditches on each side of the road giving him considerable concern. Cooper was married and the father of three children. He and his family resided upon a farm near lYirgie. He was the sqn of William Cooper, deceased, and was between thirty-five and forty years of.age. - Funeral services will be held at .two o’clock Thursday afternoon at the late residence and bunal will be ■mad* in Prater cemetery. ~ .... j. . Blanche Merry was called to Elwood today to attend the funeral of her father’s cousin., i —: ~