Edward Anderson

ANDERSON

Posted By: Sharon Elijah (email)
Date: 5/23/2021 at 17:43:29

27 March 1915 - The Clinton Advertiser page 5

LITTLE BOY IS KILLED ON PORCH OF OWN HOME
Edward Arthur Anderson Met Instant Death Under Hoofs of Neighbor's Horses
WAS CALLING ON HIS FATHER
Team Belonged to Henry Otto and Becoming Frightened Ran Away in the Anderson Yard.
The three-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Mike Anderson, living eight miles northwest of DeWitt, was instantly killed Friday afternoon.

Mr. Anderson broke a bone in one of his feet one day last week and Henry Otto, living on the Fay farm, was making him a neighborly call. Mr. Otto's team which was tied in the yard became frightened, broke loose and ran directly over the porch of the house, where several of the children were playing. The older ones escaped, but the little boy was crushed under the hoofs of the frantic animals. His name was Edward Arthur and he was the pet of the family. His parents and five brothers and sisters survive.

The funeral will be held Monday afternoon with services at the German Lutheran church in DeWitt at one o'clock, followed by interment in Elmwood cemetery.