The Leavenworth echo. [volume] (Leavenworth, Wash.) 1904-current, 1921-10-07
n. B. DAY DIES
IN AUTO ACCIDENT
SUNDAY MORNING
RETURNING FROM WENATCHEE
MACHINE GOES OVER BANK
ON STEIN HILL. CITIZEN OF
LEAVENWORTH NINE YEARS.

The body of N. B. Day, Leaven-
worth citizen and former mayor, was
found Sunday morning near his auto
at the foot of the grade about one
hundred and fifty yards up from the
foot of the west end of the Stein hill
road, one and one-half miles east of
Dryden. The body was found by a
man employed on a ranch Just this
side Of the hill The man had gone
for a walk and saw the wrecked auto
END going near saw the body. Others
were notified and the body identified,
whereupon the coroner was sum.
moned and after he arrived the body
was brought to Leavenworth and
cared for by the Leavenwo1th Under.
ticking Co.
Mr.. Day had been afflicted with
heart trouble for number of years
and in order to be doing something
not too strenuous, had kept an auto
for hire and did considerable driving
during the summe months. Saturday
evening about six o'clock he had gon,
to Wenatchee with a couple passen-
gers, expecting to pick up couple
others there and then drive to Wen
atchee Lake with them all, but was to
leave word with his wife when pass
ing through here on his way to the
lake. 1t seems that these plans were
not carried out ana that he was re-
turning home alone, for he was seen
At Cashmere about one o'clock Sun
day morning and evidently came on
from there alone as he was alone
when the accident happened He hal
come over the Stein hill, which is the
longest hill in the valley and on which
there are many sharp curves, and
was nearing the bottom at the west
end of this dangerous road when evi-
GENTLY he did not notice a left turn
and went off the road to his death.
The car had rolled down the bank,
which is perhaps twenty-five or thirty
feet high, into an orchard Mr.. Day
had evidently been dropped out of the
car as it rolled over for the body vas
Only about half as far from the road
way as the auto. A wound in the
head, probably caused by striking
jagged rock, is supposed to have
caused his death, Though it is thought
that possibly he may have felt i'll AMI
set the brakes of his car the last thing
before collapsing from heart failure.
for it is said that the road showed the
brakes had been set just before the
car went off the bank, and it seems it
was going very slowly when it went
off for it had tipped over and rolled
straight down the hank. The car was
badly wrecked.
Mr.. Day was fifty years of age,
having been born Sept. 26, 1871, at
Temple, Texas. He had travelled over
a great portion Of the Southwest AMI
West as salesman, end came here nine
years ago last April to make this his
hcme, and had gone into the confec-
tionery business. in addition to hold
ing the office of mayor of the city for
{: time, he had been justice of the
peace for a number of years. Be
sides his wife, who has had charge of
the store in recent years, he is sur
vived by one daughter, by former
marriage, and by his brothers living
at Anson, Texas.
As citizen and in principle Mr.
Day stood for what he considered
right and in his dealings with his fel-
low men he was upright. He was un-
pretentious but kind and lovable and
probably no person in the community
numbered as many real friends
among those with whom he came in
contact.
The funeral was held Wednesday
afternoon at o'clock from the Meth
odist church, the Rev. VIM Hoskins
preaching the sermon, and interment
was made in a crypt of the Home of
Ieace" mausoleum at Wenatchee.
All business places were closed dur
ing the funeral and a very large
number of friends and acquaintance
of all denominations filled the church
to oyerfowing. The pallbearers We're;
Wm. Mcintosh, B. C. Rutherford. j.
W. Elliott, c. A. Campbell, G. A.
Hamilton and W. J. Watson and the
funeral was directed by the Leaven-
worth Undertaking Co. The auto
hearse of the Cashmere Undertaking
Co. had been secured for the occasion.
Mrs Frank j. Hanover conveyed Mrs
Day and others to the last resting
place of the deceased in her sedan
The palbearers rode with Mr.. Ruth
erford in his auto and the great bank
of floral tributes were carried by Mr.