Show ELECTRIC WIRE BRINGS I IDEATH DEATH DET A TO J E I T Joseph E Wilcox 43 son of ot Mr end nd Mrs J H n Wilcox of Farming Farming- Farmington Farmington ton Farming ton was almost instantly killed about 1030 o'clock Monday morning when the pole of a hay derrick he and his brother brothel Clyde were moving canto came in with a high tension electric wire said to carry cany volts The two men were moving the der- der derrick derrick der derrick rick from one field to another and had beneath the wires of ot Ice Telluride Power company the top of the pole touching a wire the current following a cable which was on the th pole to t the ground It is not known just how the acci acci- accident accident accident dent happened Clyde was driving the team and was ahead and his bro bro- brother brother bro brother ther was walking walking- the derrick The end of the cable was dragging on the ground behind the derrick and it has been thought that it might have jumped around like wires do dowhen dowhen when they become heavily charged and might have struck him but this is not warranted because there were no large burns on him hinl like there would have been if the wire had struck him There were no noI marks on his body above his waist I and on only I vcr very slight ones there but there were large burns under his knees and above where the just cur CUt current current rent came out and went into the ground It is possible that the cur current cur cur- current current rent formed an arc from rom the wire to the body however this is only a sup sup- supposition su sup supposition position The driver became aware of the accident when ho he saw his horses fall and he too was dazed for foran foran foran an instant In addition to his his brother Clydel Clyde the deceased is survived by his par parents par par- parents Mr 2 and Mrs Irs J H Wilcox his wife Leone Wilcox daughter of Mr and Mrs Stearns Steams Hatch and three sons and two daughters The latter are Ellis Ellis J Wilford S Harley G LaVon and Jane Jane J ne All AIl are residents of Farmington ton Funeral services were held in the Farmington ward meeting Wednesday at 2 p m Bishop A L Clark presiding Interment took place in the Farmington cemetery |