Kokomo Daily Tribune - Friday, August 1, 1913:
Russell Gifford, the young automobile mechanic whose neck was broken when the Haynes chassis he was driving went off the road and into a fence with him at a point four miles southeast of this city on April 23, 1913, died at 1:00 p.m. this afternoon at Methodist Hospital in Indianapolis.
Young Gifford lived just one hundred days after receiving the injury. It was said the previous record was fourteen days. Gifford was first taken to Good Samaritan Hospital in this city where, for a time, he showed signs of improvement. About six weeks ago, he was removed to Indianapolis where a special swing had been provided for him in Methodist Hospital. His case looked hopeless from the first, but he had a remarkable constitution and fought for recovery with splendid courage. His parents were determined to do everything possible to save his life, and the removal to Indianapolis was made because it offered what was believed to be the only chance to help him.
For the last three weeks, Gifford's condition has been critical and hopeless. His kinspeople and friends were told the truth--that it was just a question of time. The message telling of his death was received by his uncle, County Treasurer Larry Ryan, at 2:00 o'clock this afternoon.
Undertaker Kenneth Rich went to Indianapolis this afternoon to bring the body to this city. Gifford's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Gifford, live in Logansport but they still look upon Howard County as their home and will bury their son here. The boy's grandfather, Edward Ryan, was buried only yesterday.
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Russell Grant Gifford was the oldest of three boys born to Samuel G. and Mary Ann "Birdie" Ryan Gifford. He was born in Kokomo on June 30, 1895. At the age of 17, he became an automobile "tester" for the Haynes Automobile Company of Kokomo. He was injured on April 23, 1913 when he lost control of the automobile and subsequently died on August 1, 1913 in Indianapolis. He was 18 years, one month old. He was buried in Kokomo. His father sued Haynes Automobile Company in 1915, and in 1922 and the appellate court affirmed the lower court's ruling in favor of the automobile company.
Russell Gifford, the young automobile mechanic whose neck was broken when the Haynes chassis he was driving went off the road and into a fence with him at a point four miles southeast of this city on April 23, 1913, died at 1:00 p.m. this afternoon at Methodist Hospital in Indianapolis.
Young Gifford lived just one hundred days after receiving the injury. It was said the previous record was fourteen days. Gifford was first taken to Good Samaritan Hospital in this city where, for a time, he showed signs of improvement. About six weeks ago, he was removed to Indianapolis where a special swing had been provided for him in Methodist Hospital. His case looked hopeless from the first, but he had a remarkable constitution and fought for recovery with splendid courage. His parents were determined to do everything possible to save his life, and the removal to Indianapolis was made because it offered what was believed to be the only chance to help him.
For the last three weeks, Gifford's condition has been critical and hopeless. His kinspeople and friends were told the truth--that it was just a question of time. The message telling of his death was received by his uncle, County Treasurer Larry Ryan, at 2:00 o'clock this afternoon.
Undertaker Kenneth Rich went to Indianapolis this afternoon to bring the body to this city. Gifford's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Gifford, live in Logansport but they still look upon Howard County as their home and will bury their son here. The boy's grandfather, Edward Ryan, was buried only yesterday.
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Russell Grant Gifford was the oldest of three boys born to Samuel G. and Mary Ann "Birdie" Ryan Gifford. He was born in Kokomo on June 30, 1895. At the age of 17, he became an automobile "tester" for the Haynes Automobile Company of Kokomo. He was injured on April 23, 1913 when he lost control of the automobile and subsequently died on August 1, 1913 in Indianapolis. He was 18 years, one month old. He was buried in Kokomo. His father sued Haynes Automobile Company in 1915, and in 1922 and the appellate court affirmed the lower court's ruling in favor of the automobile company.
Kokomo Daily Tribune - Friday, August 1, 1913:
Russell Gifford, the young automobile mechanic whose neck was broken when the Haynes chassis he was driving went off the road and into a fence with him at a point four miles southeast of this city on April 23, 1913, died at 1:00 p.m. this afternoon at Methodist Hospital in Indianapolis.
Young Gifford lived just one hundred days after receiving the injury. It was said the previous record was fourteen days. Gifford was first taken to Good Samaritan Hospital in this city where, for a time, he showed signs of improvement. About six weeks ago, he was removed to Indianapolis where a special swing had been provided for him in Methodist Hospital. His case looked hopeless from the first, but he had a remarkable constitution and fought for recovery with splendid courage. His parents were determined to do everything possible to save his life, and the removal to Indianapolis was made because it offered what was believed to be the only chance to help him.
For the last three weeks, Gifford's condition has been critical and hopeless. His kinspeople and friends were told the truth--that it was just a question of time. The message telling of his death was received by his uncle, County Treasurer Larry Ryan, at 2:00 o'clock this afternoon.
Undertaker Kenneth Rich went to Indianapolis this afternoon to bring the body to this city. Gifford's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Gifford, live in Logansport but they still look upon Howard County as their home and will bury their son here. The boy's grandfather, Edward Ryan, was buried only yesterday.
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Russell Grant Gifford was the oldest of three boys born to Samuel G. and Mary Ann "Birdie" Ryan Gifford. He was born in Kokomo on June 30, 1895. At the age of 17, he became an automobile "tester" for the Haynes Automobile Company of Kokomo. He was injured on April 23, 1913 when he lost control of the automobile and subsequently died on August 1, 1913 in Indianapolis. He was 18 years, one month old. He was buried in Kokomo. His father sued Haynes Automobile Company in 1915, and in 1922 and the appellate court affirmed the lower court's ruling in favor of the automobile company.
Russell Gifford, the young automobile mechanic whose neck was broken when the Haynes chassis he was driving went off the road and into a fence with him at a point four miles southeast of this city on April 23, 1913, died at 1:00 p.m. this afternoon at Methodist Hospital in Indianapolis.
Young Gifford lived just one hundred days after receiving the injury. It was said the previous record was fourteen days. Gifford was first taken to Good Samaritan Hospital in this city where, for a time, he showed signs of improvement. About six weeks ago, he was removed to Indianapolis where a special swing had been provided for him in Methodist Hospital. His case looked hopeless from the first, but he had a remarkable constitution and fought for recovery with splendid courage. His parents were determined to do everything possible to save his life, and the removal to Indianapolis was made because it offered what was believed to be the only chance to help him.
For the last three weeks, Gifford's condition has been critical and hopeless. His kinspeople and friends were told the truth--that it was just a question of time. The message telling of his death was received by his uncle, County Treasurer Larry Ryan, at 2:00 o'clock this afternoon.
Undertaker Kenneth Rich went to Indianapolis this afternoon to bring the body to this city. Gifford's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Gifford, live in Logansport but they still look upon Howard County as their home and will bury their son here. The boy's grandfather, Edward Ryan, was buried only yesterday.
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Russell Grant Gifford was the oldest of three boys born to Samuel G. and Mary Ann "Birdie" Ryan Gifford. He was born in Kokomo on June 30, 1895. At the age of 17, he became an automobile "tester" for the Haynes Automobile Company of Kokomo. He was injured on April 23, 1913 when he lost control of the automobile and subsequently died on August 1, 1913 in Indianapolis. He was 18 years, one month old. He was buried in Kokomo. His father sued Haynes Automobile Company in 1915, and in 1922 and the appellate court affirmed the lower court's ruling in favor of the automobile company.
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