Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1917-06-11
FORMER SHERIFF c. S. HUTSoN
MEETS SUDDEN DEATH IN Ac-
ciDENT NEAR GILMAN.
DAUGHTER, DRIVING CAR,
RECEIVES SEVERE INJURY
Mrs. c. c. Fredericks, Of St. Louis,
Driving Car at High Speed, Attempts
Ditch-Hutson Crushed Thru Chest
and Dies in Hour and a Half.

Calvin 5. Hutson. aged So. former
sheriff of Marshall county, and well
! known here, was killed, and his daugh-
ter, Mrs, c. c. Fredericks, of St. Louis
| was severely injured. when the Fred
| ericks automobile driven by Mrs. Fred
I eriCks. went into the ditch one and one
quarter miles south Of Gilman Sunday.
Mr. Hutson lived an hour and a half,
| dying at the Quigley hotel, Gilman,
where he and his daughter were taken.
Mr. F'redericks IS at the Deaconess
hospital. where she was brought at s
| o'clock Sunday evening.
| Mrs. Fredericks and three small chill
| dren. Elizabeth, Mary and William,
reached this city a week ago tonight
| for a visit ct the Hutson home before
going to Fl. Wayne. Ind, which is to
| be the new home OF the family. Mr..
Fredericks had driven his car, 1918
model Studebaker Six. on the trip, but
at Malcolm the car was not working
properly and the roads were bad. and
the car was left there. Mr.. FTedericks
| left Malcolm for Fort Wayne, and his
| wife and children came on by rail. Sun
Sav morning Mrs Fredericks and her
| father left at o'clock by rail for Nal
| com to bring TO car TO this city.
Speeds Up on Smooth Road.
The accident happened at II o'clock
On a stretch of road that was level for
mile or so. Mrs. Fredericks speeded
up the car on this piece Of good road
but got into a rut that was left from
the recent soft condition OF the high
way. In trying to turn out of this nut
| the car pitched suddenly to the east
side of the road. and down the slight
| grade to the edge of a small ditch So
| suddenly was the yeering of the car
that il is believed il turned over. No
one appears 10 know for sure just what
| did happen. At any rate the car, when
| stopped. was headed south, directly OPP
posite from the way it was going, and
| was standing upright. Both occupants
were thrown clear OF the car, which
was not damaged TO any great extent.
! Passersby Lent Aid.
II was only a few minutes until an
other car coming from the south, over
took the two victims of the accident.
Mr. Hutson was quite rational. altho
il was plainly TO be seen that ne was
dangerously hurt. He and his daughter
were driven TO Gilman. where Drs.
Dorr Graves and G. B. Ward examined
their injuries. On the way to town Mr..
Futson made the statement that he
had warned his daughter she was driv-
ing too fast, and told how she had tried
10 get out Of the rut in the road. Mrs.
Fredericks regained consciousness
about an hour after the accident. and
her first words were an inquiry as TO
her father. She was not told OF his con-
dition, nor as yet has she been in
formed to his death.
| Hutson Conscious Almost to End.
Mr.. Hutson was conscious almost 10
the end. He died at about 1870, Of
shock. He was crushed badly thru the
chest, fractured ribs on the left side
puncturing the lung. and ne suffered
fracture of the skull at the base of
the brain.
| Mrs. Fredericks was crushed over the
stomach, and badly bruised Three
ribs on the right side were torn loose
from the spinal column. Mrs. Freder-
icks suffered greatly from shock all
night and this morning showed slight
Improvement. She was kept quiet IN
der the influence of opiates.
Mr.. Fredericks, who was reached at
ST. Paul, arrived in the city this morn
ing. Mr. Fredericks is a sales manager
for 6. F. Bowser & Co. manufacturers
Of gasolene and oil pumps, Fl Wayne
Wife Rushed to Gilman.
When word was received here Of the
accident. Mrs. Hutson was taken by
Manager Charles Munson. Of the Iowa
Railway and Light Company, to Gil
man. Trou' lie with the Munson car
at Dillon caused a delay, and a farmer
| was secured to take the wife south
from there. Mrs. Hutson did not reacT,
| Gilman until about 2 O'Clock. Accom-
panying Mr.. Munson and Mrs. Hutson
were Mrs. Munson and DR.. r. G. Mol
ison, the latter taking charge OF Mrs.
| F'redericks' case. Mrs. Fredericks was
brought TO the city in the Munson car
| Mr.. Illusions body was -urned over
| to Simkins & Estel, and brought to the
city at 7 o'clock. 1t was removed to
the family home, 414 North Third
3 street
Nearly Had Third Passenger.
That the accident might have been
even more disastrous became known
! upon the return home of H. s. Miller
sos Park street Mr.. Miller, who IL
a neighbor Of the Illusions, met Mr.
Hutson at Grinnell, where Miller was
waiting for the north bound train
Hutson invited Miller to accompany
him home in the car, and Miller was
on the point of accepting when he de.
cided not to. I'll chance the iror
horse: it may be safer" said Miller
Illusions reply was, We'll, If you gel
.irr,n. -c'M ricL you m on the wa,
home" II
Tragedy in Each Generation.
A peculiar coincidence in Mr.. Hut
sons death is that he is the third gen
Grafton in which tragic death ia:
come into his family. Mr.. Hutsoni
maternal grandfather, John Martin
vas killed in Kentucky by fallinl
tree many years ago. His daughter
MIRO. Elizabeth Elizabeth H..taan. was instantl,
killed by a street car at Third ant
State streets on the evening Of Dec. %
1916, and now her son has been kille,
in an automobile.
Native Of Hardin County.
Calvin s. Hutson was native o
Hardin county, having been born a
Union April IS, 1865. He was unite
in marriage with Miss Sarah Haggi
at Liscomb Dec. 20, 1885. Mr.. an
j Mrs. Hutson came to this city seven
t<nnu vaara a ~ Mr. HrIfaon hooa n,