James P. O'dell |
| Posted 2016-12-18 by Judy Wight Branson |
| Weekly Journal Miner, Prescott, Arizona Wednesday, September 14. 1921. page 4, column 4 Death Takes J, P. Odell In Motor Crash Prescott Contractor Is Instantly Killed When Machine Strikes Tree; Thomas Eppner, Shaken Up, Will Recover (From Tuesday's Daily) Death came swiftly and suddenly yesterday noon to J. P. Odell, local contractor, when the Dodge car he was driving swerved from the lower road approaching Whipple Barracks and crashed into a tree. His head struck the tree and he died instantly. His skull was fractured. With Odell at the time was Thomas Eppner, to whom Odell was demonstrating the car. Badly shaken up, Eppner was given medical attention and taken to the Pioneer's Home, where he lives and where he was reported last night to be improving. His hurts were not serious. Also in the car was Jiggs, Odell's dog and constant companion, who was killed with his master. Both were lifeless when witnesses of the accident reached the scene. Odell had taken the car to put it through its paces for his friend, to whom it is said, he contemplated selling it. Apparently he lost control of the machine, which left the road, struck a tree, skidded and crashed head-on into a second tree. Odell's skull was crushed against the first tree. Odell had lived in Prescott about eight years, coming here from Jerome. He was unmarried. Though not known positively to have any living relatives, it is understood by friends that he has relatives living in West Virginia. He never spoke of his family to his friends here. He was a carpenter and contractor and at the time of his death was engaged in building two new houses in West Prescott. He was a member of the chamber of commerce. Word of the tragedy, which occurred about 12:30, came as a shock to the many friends he had in Prescott. A coroner's jury, which visited the scene of the accident returned a verdict of accidental death. Transcriber's note: Mr. Odell is buried in an unmarked grave at the Citizens Cemetery in Prescott, Arizona. |
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