Published in the Rochester(IN) News-Sentinel, Tuesday, July 19, 1932
Edward COOK, age 52, city marshal at Culver met almost instant death about ten-thirty Tuesday morning when his pistol fell from his holster struck the pavement and was discharged. He died within two minutes after the accident and before any medical aid could be given him. The scene of his death was at the filling station owned by Omer KEMPLE, located across the street from the Pennsylvania Railroad station in Culver. Cook volunteered to help Earl SHAW, a tailor of Culver, to change a tire on his automobile. The policeman leaned over to assist in the work and in so doing the 32 caliber automatic slipped from the open leather holster. It struck the cement driveway and fired instantly. The bullet struck Cook in the chest and went entirely through the body burying itself in the ceiling of the filling station. It entered the aorta, just above the heart and almost immediately blood rushed from the wounded man's mouth. He straightened up when the gun discharged and remarked casually to Shaw, "Well, I guess it got me," and fell over dead. A crowd quickly gathered but the injured man was beyond medical aid. Friends said that Cook had been warned about the holster carrying the gun too loosely. They also said that he always carried a cartridge in the barrel ready for immediate use. Cook and Earl ADAMS of Rochester both married daughters of Tom TRIMBLE of Newcastle Township. Cook and his wife were coming to Rochester today to meet relatives arriving on an Erie train this afternoon. The relatives were met by Mrs Adams, who told them of the fatal accident. Cook had been marshal at Culver for almost four years and was widely known in that vicinity. He is survived by his wife, and five children. Mrs. Roy BUTLER, Josephine [COOK], Lester [COOK], a student at Purdue University, Charles [COOK] and Thomas [COOK] all of Culver.
SOURCE:
http://www.fulco.lib.in.us/Genealogy/Tombaugh/Obituaries/Html/1932.htm
Edward COOK, age 52, city marshal at Culver met almost instant death about ten-thirty Tuesday morning when his pistol fell from his holster struck the pavement and was discharged. He died within two minutes after the accident and before any medical aid could be given him. The scene of his death was at the filling station owned by Omer KEMPLE, located across the street from the Pennsylvania Railroad station in Culver. Cook volunteered to help Earl SHAW, a tailor of Culver, to change a tire on his automobile. The policeman leaned over to assist in the work and in so doing the 32 caliber automatic slipped from the open leather holster. It struck the cement driveway and fired instantly. The bullet struck Cook in the chest and went entirely through the body burying itself in the ceiling of the filling station. It entered the aorta, just above the heart and almost immediately blood rushed from the wounded man's mouth. He straightened up when the gun discharged and remarked casually to Shaw, "Well, I guess it got me," and fell over dead. A crowd quickly gathered but the injured man was beyond medical aid. Friends said that Cook had been warned about the holster carrying the gun too loosely. They also said that he always carried a cartridge in the barrel ready for immediate use. Cook and Earl ADAMS of Rochester both married daughters of Tom TRIMBLE of Newcastle Township. Cook and his wife were coming to Rochester today to meet relatives arriving on an Erie train this afternoon. The relatives were met by Mrs Adams, who told them of the fatal accident. Cook had been marshal at Culver for almost four years and was widely known in that vicinity. He is survived by his wife, and five children. Mrs. Roy BUTLER, Josephine [COOK], Lester [COOK], a student at Purdue University, Charles [COOK] and Thomas [COOK] all of Culver.
SOURCE:
http://www.fulco.lib.in.us/Genealogy/Tombaugh/Obituaries/Html/1932.htm
Published in the Rochester(IN) News-Sentinel, Tuesday, July 19, 1932
Edward COOK, age 52, city marshal at Culver met almost instant death about ten-thirty Tuesday morning when his pistol fell from his holster struck the pavement and was discharged. He died within two minutes after the accident and before any medical aid could be given him. The scene of his death was at the filling station owned by Omer KEMPLE, located across the street from the Pennsylvania Railroad station in Culver. Cook volunteered to help Earl SHAW, a tailor of Culver, to change a tire on his automobile. The policeman leaned over to assist in the work and in so doing the 32 caliber automatic slipped from the open leather holster. It struck the cement driveway and fired instantly. The bullet struck Cook in the chest and went entirely through the body burying itself in the ceiling of the filling station. It entered the aorta, just above the heart and almost immediately blood rushed from the wounded man's mouth. He straightened up when the gun discharged and remarked casually to Shaw, "Well, I guess it got me," and fell over dead. A crowd quickly gathered but the injured man was beyond medical aid. Friends said that Cook had been warned about the holster carrying the gun too loosely. They also said that he always carried a cartridge in the barrel ready for immediate use. Cook and Earl ADAMS of Rochester both married daughters of Tom TRIMBLE of Newcastle Township. Cook and his wife were coming to Rochester today to meet relatives arriving on an Erie train this afternoon. The relatives were met by Mrs Adams, who told them of the fatal accident. Cook had been marshal at Culver for almost four years and was widely known in that vicinity. He is survived by his wife, and five children. Mrs. Roy BUTLER, Josephine [COOK], Lester [COOK], a student at Purdue University, Charles [COOK] and Thomas [COOK] all of Culver.
SOURCE:
http://www.fulco.lib.in.us/Genealogy/Tombaugh/Obituaries/Html/1932.htm
Edward COOK, age 52, city marshal at Culver met almost instant death about ten-thirty Tuesday morning when his pistol fell from his holster struck the pavement and was discharged. He died within two minutes after the accident and before any medical aid could be given him. The scene of his death was at the filling station owned by Omer KEMPLE, located across the street from the Pennsylvania Railroad station in Culver. Cook volunteered to help Earl SHAW, a tailor of Culver, to change a tire on his automobile. The policeman leaned over to assist in the work and in so doing the 32 caliber automatic slipped from the open leather holster. It struck the cement driveway and fired instantly. The bullet struck Cook in the chest and went entirely through the body burying itself in the ceiling of the filling station. It entered the aorta, just above the heart and almost immediately blood rushed from the wounded man's mouth. He straightened up when the gun discharged and remarked casually to Shaw, "Well, I guess it got me," and fell over dead. A crowd quickly gathered but the injured man was beyond medical aid. Friends said that Cook had been warned about the holster carrying the gun too loosely. They also said that he always carried a cartridge in the barrel ready for immediate use. Cook and Earl ADAMS of Rochester both married daughters of Tom TRIMBLE of Newcastle Township. Cook and his wife were coming to Rochester today to meet relatives arriving on an Erie train this afternoon. The relatives were met by Mrs Adams, who told them of the fatal accident. Cook had been marshal at Culver for almost four years and was widely known in that vicinity. He is survived by his wife, and five children. Mrs. Roy BUTLER, Josephine [COOK], Lester [COOK], a student at Purdue University, Charles [COOK] and Thomas [COOK] all of Culver.
SOURCE:
http://www.fulco.lib.in.us/Genealogy/Tombaugh/Obituaries/Html/1932.htm
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