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Show DRAGGED TO HIS DEATH Leonard Hess of Farming-. Farming-. ton Killed in a Runaway Run-away in This City. Leonard Hess, son of the late President Presi-dent John Hess of Farmington, was killed by being dragged at the heels of his runaway team, at Sixth West and North Temple streets, late Friday afternoon. af-ternoon. Hess drove a hay wagon from Farm-, lngton to the city and was on his way home when the fatal accident occurred. As his team crossed the Oregon Short Line tracks at North Temple street, Hess seemed to be asleep on the seat of the wagon. A bystander shouted to him to look out for a train that nearly ran him down, and the horses became frightened and bolted before Hess seemed to realize the danger of his position. , The bumping of the wagon over the rails caused Hess, who is said to have been drinking during the day, to lose his balance, and he, plunged from his seat. His body caught on the curved iron wheel-guard of the rack and he hune. head downward, with his body being pounded and beaten by the left front wheel. The team was galloping at breakneck speed and at Fourth West street collided with a wagon of the Denhalter Bottling Works company that was standing In front of a store. At Fifth West street the wagon collided col-lided with' a pole and the body was thrown forward and freed from the wagon. The police were notified and the patrol pa-trol wagon with several policemen was sent to the scene. Hess was taken to the Groves hospital, where he died before be-fore an examination as to the extent of his injuries could be completed. It was ! found that Hess had suffered a fracture frac-ture of the skull at the base of the brain and a fracture of the skull at the temple. Seven ribs were broken and the body was terribly bruised and mangled. The body was taken to Undertaker J. W. Taylor's establishment, and It will be shipped to Farmington Saturday afternoon. The funeral will be held at Farmington Sunday. |