Metamora Herald, 23 Jul 1926, Pg 1, Col 2: "LACON MAN CRUSHED UNDER FALLING TREE. Crushed to the ground by a falling tree, Charles Uschold, 55 years old, Lacon, died at the Methodist hospital in Peoria at 3:45 o'clock Sunday morning. He was hurried there following the accident Saturday morning. Uschold was employed as a laborer for the public service company of Lacan, and was detailed to assist in clearning away some timber near Chillicothe. The victim was chopping down a large tree on a slope, and had almost severed the trunk when it toppled, falling in the opposite direction from what he had expected. Before he was able to run out of danger the tree fell, pinning him across the head and shoulders. Dr Harry Thomas of Chillicothe caused Uschold's removal to the Methodist hospital, where Dr J H Weber attended him. Recovery was impossible, according to the physician. Uschold's skull was crushed and his jaw and collar bone fractured. The body has been returned to Lacon, where the funeral took place."
Metamora Herald, 23 Jul 1926, Pg 1, Col 2: "LACON MAN CRUSHED UNDER FALLING TREE. Crushed to the ground by a falling tree, Charles Uschold, 55 years old, Lacon, died at the Methodist hospital in Peoria at 3:45 o'clock Sunday morning. He was hurried there following the accident Saturday morning. Uschold was employed as a laborer for the public service company of Lacan, and was detailed to assist in clearning away some timber near Chillicothe. The victim was chopping down a large tree on a slope, and had almost severed the trunk when it toppled, falling in the opposite direction from what he had expected. Before he was able to run out of danger the tree fell, pinning him across the head and shoulders. Dr Harry Thomas of Chillicothe caused Uschold's removal to the Methodist hospital, where Dr J H Weber attended him. Recovery was impossible, according to the physician. Uschold's skull was crushed and his jaw and collar bone fractured. The body has been returned to Lacon, where the funeral took place."
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