Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1916-03-21
TWO MEN KILLED
AS CAR TURNS OVER
CONTINUED From Pare ~
Lonu Tells Of Accident.

place in connection with 1t:
1--WE were all sitting in the Eagles
club when about $50 Saturday night
Ed Lowenberg said that he had to 90
to Bloomfield that night to meet fel,
low there with whom he had An en-.
gagement with regard to Eds candi-
dacy for sheriff. He said that Sunday
he was to go from Bloomfield to Ri.
don on the same mission.
ROY Randol laughingly suggested
that he and accompany Ed, to which
the later heartily agreed. Seeing that
he took the matter seriously, Roy and
told Ed that We could not 80 under
any circumstances, hut he insisted
that we take tho ride, saying that he
was going to take Warren Arnold
along with him for company and
would like to have Roy and 60 with
them in Roy's car. It was finally de-
cided that we make the trip and after
delivering some paper cartons to his
store, Roy brought his car to the OF.
tumwa Auto Co. retail garage to got
supplies and Ed in the meantime
drove to Davis garage on East Main
street.
Leave Town at 11:2o.
After getting started I recall look
ing at my watch ~ We wore crossing
the Market street bridge and It was
11:20. When some distance out OF
town on the south side. having cross
ed the Wabash railroad tracks, Roy
said he thought We were on tho wrong
road. I, too, thought It looked like q
lane more than 4 regularly travelled
highway and We waited for Ed to come
up to us in his car He was uncer-
tain about the road and suggested we
60 back to the farm house we had
passed short distance away and
there we were told to continue along
that road and follow the telephone
poles that had cross arms.
1--WE did this until near the place
where the accident occurred, where a
road leading of to the west crossed
that on which We rode and l noticed
after we had gone short ways that
the poles were on the other road l
called Roy's attention to 1t but he in
sisted that the road with the poles
ran west while we were on south
road and again we waited for Ed and
Warren and talked 1t over. This time
we stopped at farm house nearby
and again inquired, being told that we
should continue on the road we were
on as we were not far from Bloom
field. 81
Miss Their Friends.
AFTER we got under way and had
reached the summit of a hill, for the
road is very hilly, all the way down
there, and at this point we could sec
I~1>k - ~~f< whn 10 N
short distance. Looking back remark.
ed to Roy that the other fellows were
not in sight and perhaps we had bet.
ter wait. He slowed down and stop.
ped the car, saying: "I'll have time 10
light cigar while we wait" The fail.
IRE of the other car to show up within
few minutes led us to believe they
had engine trouble and we drove back.
The distance we had to cover before
seeing them led Roy to think that may
lie they had taken the wrong road, but
we went little farther until from the
top Of hill could make out the car
at the bottom Of the hill, but only one
light was burning. When we reached
them we found that the car had run
up the side of the bridge some three
or four feet above the ground and after
travelling nearly across the structure,
turned completely over and buried the
two men beneath It. 4
II don't know how we did 1t, but Roy
and managed to lift the heavy car
from them and hasty examination
showed they had been dead some time
for both were cold. Calling up far
mer nearby we told him what had hap.
pened and asked him to telephone the
coroner and the county officials and
told him we would hurry back to Of
tumwa to notify the friends Of the
mon. The farmer and his son sold
that they would take charge of the car
and mon and we hurried back here to
notify the folks and stopped at H. p.
Patterson's home to ask him to tcle'
phone to Bloomfield and tell the cor.
oner who we were, for in our excite
ment we forgot to tell the farmer ouI
names.
elames Steering Gear.
1--WE went back for the inquest and
found that the bodies and car had
been taken care of. The wheels of the
car moved easily but the steering gear
would not bulge. l believe that the
accident was due to q defect In ths
steering gear for we we're not golne
fast and the time 1t took us to make
the trip would show that"
Native OF County.
Wapello county has always been the
home OF Ed Lowenberg. He was born
at Dahlonega, November 8, 1867. He
received his schooling in that com
munity and spent his early mature
years as q farmer. From 1894 to 1898
when the late John w. McIntire was
| sheriff. Mr.. Lowenberg was the turn
key at the county Jail. For thirteen
years he has served Wapello county
at the home north of the city. Fol
the past nine years he and his wife
have been custodian and matron and
for four years previous they were
there as assistants to Mr.. and Mrs
,, George Wilson. He resigned the
county farm custodian's position
March /, 1916, and moved to Ottum
wa, locating at 32s East Park avenue
place he had owned for several
years. Just week ago Mr.. Lowen
berg announced his candidacy fol
sheriff on the democratic ticket sub
| ject to the June primaries.
J - 4 81 W.T.