Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1917-10-03
TRAGIC death Of
CHARLES 7. HUENE
FORMER MANCHESTER MAN IS
CRUSHED TO DEATH UNDER
OVERTURNED AUTOMOBILE.
COMPANION ALSO MEETS DEATH
Funeral Services Held From Huene
Home In This City This Afternoon. :
Interment In Oakland.

Charles T. Huene, Oldest son. of Mr..
and Mrs. o. E. Huene, of Manchester,
was instantly killed in an automobile
accident on the highway between Cas-
cade and Monticello on Sunday night,
shortly after eight o'clock. 1t appears
that Mr.. Huene and four friends had
been at Dubuque during the day and
were on their way home. When a
short distance from Cascade the car
struck the cement wall of culvert on
the side of the road. The force OF
the collision sent the car, with it's five
men. into the ditch. One of the
party was thrown clear of the wreck
ed automobile. The man thrown clear
Of the car summoned help at farm
house, and when the car was lifted
from the men it was discovered that
Mr.. Huene was dead, and W. V. Hol-
lingsworth, of Monticello, fatally in
jured. The other two received severe
injuries, but will recover. Mr.. Hol-
lingsworth was taken to the hospital
at Monticell where he passed away
about an hour later.
Just how that accident happened
will probably never be known. The
road is said to be smooth and level.
The sidewalks of the culvert were
not easily noticed in the moonlight,
and it is evident that Mr.. Huene failed
to see them in time to prevent the aw-
full catastrophe. ..-.
Spent Boyhood Days in Manchester.
Charles T. Huene was born on a
farm near Lamont, Iowa, June I'd,
1868. The greater part of his life as
a boy and young man was spent in
Manchester. When he was twenty
one years of age he went to Chicago,
and for several years was street car
conductor and motorman. While he
was living in Chicago he was united
in marriage with Miss Louise Kent
mich, of Layfayete, Indiana. He and
his wife resided in Chicago until about
six years ago, when the family came
to Monticello, which had been his
home since. Mr.. Huene is survived
by his wife, and one daughter, Miss
Pearl Huene, his parents, Mr.. and Mrs.
o. E. Huene of this city, four sisters,
Mrs. H. A. Harrington, of Monticello,
Mrs. J. A. Miller of Lebanon, South
Dakota, Mrs. Charles Hickman of Chi
cago, Miss Hazel of Manchester, and
two brothers, D. A. Huene OF Month
cello and DR.. Harry J. Huene of For
sythe, Montana, but now with the
medical corps of the United States
army at Camp Pike, Arkansas.
Funeral services were held at the
home >in Monticello Tuesday after
noon at 2 o'clock, and following the
services the body was brought to the
home of his parents, on Franklin
street, where services were held this
afternoon at three o'clock. The SER
vices at Monticello were conducted
by Rev. Mr.. Couchman, and those at
the home here were in charge of the
X. P. lodge of Manchester. Rev. G.
X. Hudson, pastor of the Methodist
Episcopal church, preached the funer-
al sermon. Interment was made in
Oakland cemetery.
The tragic death of Mr.. Huene comes
as a grievous blow to the wife and
daughter, the father and mother, the
brothers and sisters. His death is
the first break in the family circle.
Mr.. Huene was man who was held
in the highest esteem by his neighbors
and those who knew him. He was a
devoted husband and father, and when
in the vicinity of Manchester he new
er failed to pay visit to his parents.
Only last week he spent few hours
in the home of his father and mother,
and as he left he informed them he
would be back again next Tuesday.
Mr.. Huene was a travelling salesman
for a confectionery house at Daven-
port, and was frequent visitor to
Manchester. He had wide acquain-
tance over the eastern part of the
state, and was prominently identified
with the Knights of Phythias lodge.
Profound sympathy is extended to
the family in this hour of supreme
sorrow. " . ..-.
FLYING "WATER-WAGON' COMING.