Person:Clark Coleman (1)

Overturned Auto Killed Coleman Car Overturned Near Farm of Joe Shum by Running Into Ditch The life of Clark E. Coleman was crushed out by an overturned car, on the road just east of the Joseph Shum farm, south of Hepburn, early Wednesday morning. Mr. Coleman is kept busy during the summer as butcher for the several beef clubs of that vicinity. His home is in Hepburn. He had just completed his night's job of killing and dressing a beef at the Lew Burwell farm, and was going home, expecting to make delivery at the Joe Shum home, of the meat coming to them. After turning eastward from the Ezra Fleenor corner, for some unexplainable reason Mr. Coleman seems to have let his car run out of the roadway, to the north of the road, running the wheels at the right side of the car into the ditch at the roadside. This upset the car, throwing Mr. Coleman out, when the car then slid over on top of him, pinning him beneath, with about four inches of water and mud beneath him. His right temple was bruised, either this, or the weight of the car pressing him into the earth and water beneath, causng life to be extinct when found. The accident occurred to the east of the roadway leading to the Shum residence. Mrs. Shum thought she heard someone shout, and told this to Mr. Shum, who went to the road way to investigate, and saw the overturned car up the road. Coronor Roy Harmon was notified, who quickly arrived on the scene, and helped the men present raise the car and release Mr. Coleman, who was beyond human aid when taken out. The body was removed in Harmon's funeral car to the home in Hepburn, where funeral services will be held at a time not known as we go to press, depending on the arrival of relatives who were wired to. The remains will be taken to Glendon, la., for interment. Clark E. Coleman was born April 22nd, 1876, near Guthrie Center. He lived for a number of years in Clarinda, being employed with Nelson & Son's meat market, while residing on S. 16th Street, in the south part of town. He was married on Sept. 15th, 1909, to Mrs. Effie Right, who was a daughter of Jas Long of New Market. He leaves to mourn his loss his wife, also mother and stepfather, Mr. and Mrs. Tinker of Omaha, one stepson, Nelson A. Kight of Hepburn, and two daughter, Mrs. Grace Henry of Richland, Wis., and Mrs. Blanche Gochenaur of Detroit, Mich. Two brothers are also living, Ernest Coleman of Washington, D. C. and Fred Coleman of Kansas City, Kans., and one half brother, Elmer Hall of Glenwood. CLARINDA HERALD, Clarinda, Iowa, May 27, 1920