The Bismarck tribune., 1931-11-03
melvin G. NESS,2 2S,
DIES IN HOSPITAL
FOLLOWING CRASH
Two Others, Hurt in Same Mis-
hap, Are Reported as
Doing Fairly Well
PLAN C0RONER'S INQUEST
Coroner and States Attorney
Consider Advisability OF
Holding Probe
PLAN coR0NER's INQUEST

Melvin q. Ness, 28-year-old Sterl-
ing farmer, died in local hospital
at 7:25 o'clock Monday evening from
injuries suffered IN an automobile ac-
cident one mile north OF S1erAne
about q. m. Monday.
Two others injured in the same
mishap, Charles Gosney. Il, also 0!
Sterling. and Albert Kusler, 81, OF
wing. were getting along fairly we'll
in the local hospital Tuesday morn
ing. according to an attendant. Iney
are expected to recover. .
Carl Beyers, Sterling, the 1ourtn
passenger in the machine, escapeo
serious injury.
Ness suffered a fractured skull, IN.
ternal injuries, severe lacerauons Oh
his scalp and legs and his pooy was
badly bruised.
Inquest Is Ordered,
Decision to call an inquest to IN
vestirate the accident and its causes
was reached Tuesday forenoon oy
George s. Register and w. 2. Perry;
Purleirh county states attorney ana
coroner. Members Of the jury seiect.
ed are Fred Peterson, =. b. h1ena' al'e'
Emanuel A. Brown. =,
The Jurors were to be swoin ~ ~
Tuesday afternoon but no decision y
exnected until after the two IN the
hospital recover sufficiently TO testuy'
Reoister and Sheriff joseph =:
xeilev Monday visited the scene OF
49, accident To make an investigation.
The four were going south IN NUS
ser,s automobile, with the owner oI1s-
inr. when the accident occurred mean
The driveway Of the Theron Eillso.'
farm IN the east side Of the hignway'
tracks of the auto indicated, Regis,
ter said, that the machine sweeney
toward the ditch on the leit sac "
the road, swung back toward the cen
ter of the road, and then turned nacA
toward the ditch on the left side. Inc
machine struck the side OF the ELL
son driveway, turned upside down
when it was catapulted completeiy
across the 38-foot driveway, ana MI
on its top.
The ton of the sedan was crusneo
and the machine was demolished, the
states attorney said.
The left rear wheel OF the aueo . ap.
parently struck a mail box posi- tas .,1:
throwing the machine toward tt's
ditch for the second time.
Beyers told the officials that tnt
car was travelling at least 40 miles 81
hour while Gosney said it might nav:
heen going so miles an hour.
Ness and Gosney were IN the oaci
seat while Kusler and Beyers were !
the front. -,
The three injured men wer'
brought to Bismarck immediately a1t.
er the accident by Robert HUDSON
son.in-law of Ellison who was sieeP
ing at the Ellison home when tn'
crash awakened him.
Kusler received q fracture OF IN
cheek bone, a severe laceration OF M
scalp. and cuts and bruises about tn'
fodv and limbs. Gosney suffered
fractured shoulder blade and injuries
to his chest and intestines.
Ness was born March IA, 1908, q
Pelican Rapids, Minn.. the son OF Ml
and Mrs. Martin Ness. He was mar
ried to Miss Meta 1llchen, OF Hazel
ton. March IA. 1922, and they lived OF
their farm three miles east OF ster
ling since that time.
Leaves Four Children
Ness leaves his widow ara lou
children, Bernard, Margaret. Muto1
and Merlin, all living on the farm
his mother, Mrs Oscar Anderson
living on farm between Driscoll an
Sterling; two sisters, a hall SIS
ter, and brother. The sisters an
brother are Gladys Ness. teacher II
the Lincoln rural school south OF Bis
mrack; Marian Ness and Clara An
derson, both at Sterling; and Elme
Ness, Los Angeles, Calf.
Definite funeral arrangements ar
incomplete pending word from Elme
but the last rites will be colducteo 2
Sterling. Burial will be made 4
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