Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1916-03-22
Prominent LAWYER
CRUSHED BY AUTO.
r. r. FITZPATRICK OF DUBUQUE
MEETS DEATH WHEN HIS Az
TO TURNED TURTLE.
Wife MEETS Death BY his SIDE.
Mr- Fitznatrick Was Native Of Della.
ware County. Married Two
Months Ago.


patrick and his wife of Dubuque last
Sunday caused feeling OF protound
grief among Mr.. Fitzpatrick's many
| friends here. He was a native OF Del
aware county and frequent visitor
here. They were killed when the au-
tomobile Mr.. Fitzpatrick was driving
turned turtle on country road SIX
miles south of Dubuque Mr.. ana and 4
Mrs. Fitzpatrick were riding IN tneSs.
| front seat of the machine and Wnen
If overturned were caught under the
back of the seat. $ -
! In the rear seat were Mrs W. A.
Morrison, mother Of Mrs. Fitzpatrick
and Mrs. D. A. Hack, both Of Chicago
Mrs. Morrison's left wrist was Ifac-#;
tured and she was severely bruised.
Mrs. Hack escaped with a few bruises
No Witness to Accident. .s
The account Of the accident given
in the Telegraph Herald says:
"There were no witnesses to the ac-#
cident and Just how it occurred Will
ALWAYS remain more or less OF mys-a
terry. r
"Mr. Fitzpatrick was driving. About
one hundred feet from the spot where
the car turned turtle there is small
culvert in the road. 1t is here that
the trouble originated, tracks lett by I
the wheels of the machine showing
that it swerved to the right after
passing over the ,culvert ana &tnen Il
Invent entirely off the road. s:35
i THE embankment over which the
Gear. plunged has a gradual slope and
is not more than five feet high. Il
slopes into a large pasture. On the
other side of the road the ground
is higher, gradually sloping to q hill I'll ss .ss
Leaped to His Feet.
According to the story OF MIS-
Hack, the auto approached the cul-#3
vert a at fairly fast rate Of speeo ~
There was a jar and Mr.. Fitzpatric
Eleaped suddenly to his feet. The cf 5s5
then swerved and turned complete
over. .r~~ 4ss.S>.i &s ISL. S.'.. NJ 5.s
Mr.. and Mrs. Fitzpatrick We.
pinned face. downward to the ground
the high back sof the front seat rest
:Iing sflrnlNtscrosss their hac ssil En1ly
Il he should ders.s
I've. and dfisOn and Mrs: Ii atl sss}se,
thrown clear ,-.;
dry dry pastn.s n st'' .e.a Eroand g. ;.,,... I.I
Dr., Ben Michel ssand Mrs. Michel rel
reached the scene shortly after the
accident. They were out for an auto to-
mobile ride and just happened TO-
come along that way.
| II saw at once that both Mr. and
Mrs. Fitzpatricks;were dead" he said
"and gave my attention to Mrs. MOI
rison and Mrs. Hack, who were taken
tn a farm house close by. learned
the nature of Mrs Morrison's injuries
and gave first aid treatment to Dotn15|
| ladies'. When the. ambulance arrlyea
Fl ordered them taken directly lscsi.4s e NM
hospital" .i;s VI, 81 :s:1ss
t DR.. Pahlas was the next doctor To-
reach the scene and he aided Dr.sI
Michel. .., -...
No Bones We're Broken.
| Coroner McCaffery took charge o.
the bodies of Mr.. and Mrs. Fitzpatrick.
and removed them to his NOR que. A
most mortem was conducted by Doc
tors Michel, Palen, Slattery, Pahlas,
Schrup and Walker.
The post mortem disclosed the re-
markable fact that no bones had Deen
broken and that the gashes abo.s
their heads could not have prtoNVN1Sa
fatal. The doctors agreed that bols
deaths were caused by suffocat1oS
the heavy weight of the car hav1nk
pinned the victims to the ground An -
such a manner that they were unable
to breathe. Death was not instantan-
eous, but nearly so.
Had Been Speeding.
Whether or not Mr.. Fitzpatrick was
! speeding" at the time he struck the
culvert is not positively known, al
though all indications point to the
fact that he was.
Mr.. and Mrs. Fitzpatrick were mar
ried at the brides home in Chicago
two months ago and had but recently
returned from their wedding trip
Mr.. Fitzpatrick was born on a farm
near Greeley and attended the loca
schools. graduating from the Greeley
high school. He graduated from the
law department of the University g
Iowa and located in Dubuque. He q
once attained prominence in his pro
fession and had become oneNof thf
leading lawyers of the state.
The funeral of Mr.. and Mrs. FltZ
patrick was held this Wednesda
morning
Besides his mother. Mr.. Fitzpatrick
is survived by the following broth
,Sokor