The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1916-12-22
DEAD MAN WAS found
UNDER CAR NEAR ROAD
EDWARD E. DAWSON CAME TO
HIS END LAST NIGHT
Machine Slipped Over the Embankment
In Strands Ravine at Late Hour:
Party Returning From Amboy Dis
covered Catastrophe and Remains
Were Brought to This City
From Fridsv's Daily.


Edward E. Dawson, well known
farmer who lived about five and a
half miles southwest or Good Thun-
der, met a sudden and terrible death
last night when his five passenger
Ford car ran off the edge of the en-
bankment at the Strand ravine, near
the Hans Anderson farm house, about
six miles from Mankato, the machine
upsetting, and pinning the unfortu-
nate man with his face downward in
the snow. The wreck was discovered
by party returning to AmbOy about
twelve o'clock last night, and the
body was brought to the undertaking
parlors of Kelley, Harries & Gose-
wiSch, where poStmortem eXamina-
ton was held this morning by Coro-
ner G. A. Dahl, DR.. c.. C. Pratt and
Died From Suffocation.
DR.. A. Wentworth.
The physicians found that the man
had died from suffocation, having been
pinned with his face in the snow so
he could not breathe or move. There
were no broken bones, or injuries to
the body that could have caused his
death otherwise. 1t was bad time
to be on the country roads last night
as the wind was blowing, a fine snow
was falling and the temperature W
quite cold. The lights of Mr. Daw-
sons Ford machine were not bright
and it is thought that the wind had
blown snow against the windshield
and he failed to see the road, or that
his hands became cold and he tenn
pOrarily lost control of the machine.
Had Trouble All Day.
Trouble had been experienced with
Mr.. Dawson's machine all day. He
had promised to drive party of
Christmas shoppers to Mankato, but
had considerable trouble in getting
the car started yesterday morning,
and was urged by his wife to post
pone the journey until pleasanter
day. 1t was finally decided to under
take the trip and Mr.. Dawson drove
to Mankato, bringing Mrs. Thomas
Caven, Mike Caven, and his two sis
tiers, Misses Kitty and Maggie Caven
OF Vernon Center, who spent several
hours shopping. When it was time
to go home Mr.. Dawson found that
the automobile would not work, and
seeing that it might be impossible to
motor home the Vernon Center party
boarded the train, and left Mr.. Daw-
son in Mankato endeavoring to have
his machine repaired at a local ga
rage. He started home during the
early evening, and it is thought that
the accident occurred about seven
o'clock
Came From Illinois.
Deceased was born in Henry, Him
OILS, September 10, 1876, where he
grew to manhood. On September II,
1899, he was united in marriage to
Miss Maud E. Anthony of Peoria, ILL.,,
at Peoria. Mr.. and Mrs Dawson went
to housekeeping on the farm which
belonged to his father, near Henry,
where they lived for eleven years.
They then moved to a farm near Win
nebago. Mimi, where they lived for
years, and later moved to the farm
near Good Tunder where they have
made their home for the past three
years. The surviving relatives are the
widow and five children, all under
IL years of age, and living at home,
as follows: Elsie, Mildred, Harold
E., Edna L., Paul G., and Emma Ruth,
two brothers, Fred E. of Henry, ILL.,.
and Frank l.. of Clear Lake, South
Dakota. The body will be shipped to
the old home at Henry, ILL.,, for bur-
ial.