Goodman, Roy 1883 - 1921
GOODMAN, WANDELL
Posted By: Reid R. Johnson (email)
Date: 7/25/2013 at 08:24:32
Elkader Register, Thur., 3 February 1921. Strawberry Point column.
Last Saturday evening a terrible accident happened which cost a man his life. Roy Goodman, youngest son of Mr. and Mrs. L. P. Goodman, a farmer residing east of this place, was in town during the day and on returning home late in the evening the team which he was driving was quite high lifed and they began running and Mr. Goodman could not hold them. A neighbor of the Goodman's went over to see Roy and as he had not come home waited a while and in a short time one of the horses with the neck-yoke fastened to it came in the yard. Mrs. Goodman knew something had happened and called some of the neighbors who went to find him and when found was dead and in a terrible condition. The other horse was not found until the next day. Mr. Goodman leaves besides his wife, formerly Miss Dolly Wandell, his parents, Mr. and Mrs. L. P. Goodman of this place, and a brother, Edwin of Dubuque, besides other relatives and friends who were sorry to hear of his terrible death. Funeral services will occur at the home Wednesday forenoon at 11 o'clock.
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Strawberry Point Press, and re-printed in the Postville Herald, Thur., 17 Feb. 1921.
One of the most distressing accidents that ever happened in this vicinity occurred last Saturday evening, several miles east of town, when Roy Goodman, son of Mr. and Mrs. L. P. Goodman, lost his life, says the Strawberry Point Press. How the accident happened will never be known, for Mr. Goodman was alone when it happened. He had been in town during the afternoon and was about as usual, greeting old friends and doing some trading. He left town driving a team hitched to a buggy. In some way the team became frightened, and ran away, throwing him out and dragging him for a half mile. He either fell behind the horses or over one of the wheels, for he had been caught in such a way that he could not get loose until a wheel came off the buggy. That the accident had happened was apparent when a lone horse dashed into the Goodman yard. A telephone call to the neighbors and in a short time the injured man was found, but beyond medical aid. A physician was called but could not revive the spark of life that still lingered.
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