The Canon City record with which is consolidated the Canon City cannon., 1916-04-06
RUNAWAY
RESULTS
TRAGIC
DEATH
CHESS COVER THROWN FROM
WAGON AT 1890 O'CLOCK THIS
MORNING AND ALMOST IN
STANTLY KILLED.
EXACT CAUSE OF
DEATH NOT KNOWN

Chess NJ. Cover was thrown from
an express wagon with great force by
runaway team of horses at the en-
trance to the alley between the Palace
Livery stable and Cy Shefheld's black
smith shop on Sixth street at 1880
O'Clock this morning and almost in
s,antly killed The runaway was seen
by a large number of people. although
there weer no witnesses of the injuries
inflicted on Mr.. Cover and the exact
cause Of his death is a mat er of con-
siderable speculation. The wagon
struck telephone pole at the rear Of
the livery stable and was badly wreck
ed. The horses were thrown as re-
suit OF the telephone pole and Mr. Cow
er hurled into pool of water on one
side of the alley. Spectators of the
accident hurried to the scene. picked
Mr.. Cover up and carried him into the
blacksmith shop and laid him down on
the floor. He was unconscious from
the first and died four or five minutes
later His neck was broken and there
vas q deep cut in the back of the
head. although the skull was not frac-
tured.
| As soon after the occurrence as pos
sible physician was summoned by
telephone and DIR. c. II. Graves arrived
a short time later. made hasty ex-
animation of the body and pronounced
life extinct II is stated by those who
were witnesses OF the runaway that
Mr.. Cover was leaning hack as if In
dazed OF unconscious condition as
the WAGON crossed Sixth street ana
they are OF the opinion that he had
either been hurt or had sustained an
attack of appoplexy while the team
was running thru the alley back of
given to this view OF the matter by
the fact that Mr.. Cover was holding
the lines loosely and was making no ap
parent effort to stop the mad career
of the runaway horses when the COLI
sion that threw him out of the vehicle
took place The belief is current that
the accident between the livery stable
and the blacksmith shop was inciden-
tai and that Mr.. Cover had received
his death wound before reaching that
point, but how and where is a mystery
| 1hat has not yet received satisfac-
tory solution
MIR. Cover had been in the employ OF
f. c. Dabney. local agent for the Con-
tinentAl Oil company. as driver of an
e press wagon for the last month or
ling together this morning. They
drove mp to the rear OF the Leader
HARDWARE Companys place OF busi-
ness with \ package OF merchandise
Mr. Dabney going in to make the de-
llivery and Mr.. Cover remaining in the
wagon to hold the horses. While Mr..
oabney was in the store he heard the
horses start to run and he FASTENED
to the door to ascertain the cause OF
the trouble The team was at that
time forty or fifty yards away aud
was running west thru the alley at a
terrifying speed Mr.. DAbney hur-
Iried after the wagon. but was unable
70 overtake Il until the crash at the
blacksmith shop had occurred He no
ticed the wagon tsrike an obstacle in
the alley ahead Of him and throw nut
a part Of It's load. but he did not see
any thing happen to Mr.. Cover. whom.
he says, appeared TO be sitt,ns upright
on the seat OF the vehicle uninjured.
A large crowd OF men gathered at
the blacksmith shop very shortly af.
ter Mr.. Cover had been carried into
it and great excitement prevailed un-
I'll after the arrival Of physyian- Il
was impossible TO eet anything Hike a
coherent narrative Of the accident. or
what caused the hornqs to take fright.
Except Al the wound At the back Of
the head. which biad pPofasely. there
were no cuts. bruises or eontnsiOna
aboul the hsad ana sAouldeFn Of the IN.