James W. Fritts 1865-1896

FRITTS

Posted By: Merllene Andre Bendixen (email)
Date: 11/18/2014 at 00:57:13

A Farmer’s Neck Broken
A Farmer Near Armstrong Falls Under a Riding Plow and Has His Neck Broken
Twisted About the Axle He is Carried Across the Field by the Running Team
Bancroft, May 13, Telephone Special.
At 11:30 Monday J.W. Fritts, a farmer living five miles southwest of Armstrong, in Jack Creek township, Emmet county, was instantly killed and horribly mangled. He was riding on a 3-wheel riding plow and got down to fix the plow when he fell under it, and the horses becoming frightened began to run. The point of the plow ran into his neck and broke it, and as the team ran the unfortunate man was wound around the axle. The women of the house saw the horses running across the field, and the father of Fritts and another man went to catch them, when they found the mutilated body as stated. Fritts was 31 years old and had a wife and two children. (Algona Republican, Algona, IA, May 13, 1896/ Algona Courier, Algona, IA May 15, 1896)