Evening Republican, Volume 23, Number 277, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 19 November 1920 — Aerial Acrobat Meets Death [ARTICLE+ILLUSTRATION]

Aerial Acrobat Meets Death

Leon Ferguson, a daring aerial acrobat, was killed while performing on the wing of a plane less than 100 feet above the ground, at tfie Sonoma fair. Santa Rosa, Cal. Pilot Schmidt, who accompanied him on the flight received only a scratch on hie head. This photograph shows the wrecked plane and Pilot Schmidt being lifted from machine. -