The body of a man identified as Aaron Lee Alexander, 33, of Cooter, was found in an alfalfa field on the Bogle farm near Bragg City about 6:15 Wednesday morning, death apparently having been caused by inhaling propane gas used to fuel a gas motor on a tractor he had been driving during the night.
Walter Webb, foreman for the Saunders Alfalfa Mill at Steele discovered Mr. Alexander's body lying with the head on a pillow from the tractor seat directly underneath the exhaust pipe. The motor operates a blower device to pick up the alfalfa as it is cut.
Webb was directing a crew of men, working 24 hours a day to cut the hay and Alexander, one of the crew, had been running the tractor all night. A bottle containing six or eight Dexedrine Sulphate (No-Doze) tablets was found in his pocket and it was surmized that he finally became too sleepy to operate the tractor and had lain down to take a nap.
No inquest was held, authorities having decided that his death was obviously an accident. Sheriff's Deputies Earl Cummings and Albert Walker investigated the case after the sheriff's office was notified by a Mr. Johnson at Bragg City about 6:45 o'clock.
Mr. Alexander was the son of Mr. and Mrs. J.A. Alexander of Cooter and is also survived by several brothers. His body was taken to German Funeral Home in Steele where funeral arrangements were incomplete as this paper went to press, awaiting the arrival of distant relatives.
Democrat Argus - Caruthersville, Missouri - Friday, June 5, 1953
Walter Webb, foreman for the Saunders Alfalfa Mill at Steele discovered Mr. Alexander's body lying with the head on a pillow from the tractor seat directly underneath the exhaust pipe. The motor operates a blower device to pick up the alfalfa as it is cut.
Webb was directing a crew of men, working 24 hours a day to cut the hay and Alexander, one of the crew, had been running the tractor all night. A bottle containing six or eight Dexedrine Sulphate (No-Doze) tablets was found in his pocket and it was surmized that he finally became too sleepy to operate the tractor and had lain down to take a nap.
No inquest was held, authorities having decided that his death was obviously an accident. Sheriff's Deputies Earl Cummings and Albert Walker investigated the case after the sheriff's office was notified by a Mr. Johnson at Bragg City about 6:45 o'clock.
Mr. Alexander was the son of Mr. and Mrs. J.A. Alexander of Cooter and is also survived by several brothers. His body was taken to German Funeral Home in Steele where funeral arrangements were incomplete as this paper went to press, awaiting the arrival of distant relatives.
Democrat Argus - Caruthersville, Missouri - Friday, June 5, 1953
The body of a man identified as Aaron Lee Alexander, 33, of Cooter, was found in an alfalfa field on the Bogle farm near Bragg City about 6:15 Wednesday morning, death apparently having been caused by inhaling propane gas used to fuel a gas motor on a tractor he had been driving during the night.
Walter Webb, foreman for the Saunders Alfalfa Mill at Steele discovered Mr. Alexander's body lying with the head on a pillow from the tractor seat directly underneath the exhaust pipe. The motor operates a blower device to pick up the alfalfa as it is cut.
Webb was directing a crew of men, working 24 hours a day to cut the hay and Alexander, one of the crew, had been running the tractor all night. A bottle containing six or eight Dexedrine Sulphate (No-Doze) tablets was found in his pocket and it was surmized that he finally became too sleepy to operate the tractor and had lain down to take a nap.
No inquest was held, authorities having decided that his death was obviously an accident. Sheriff's Deputies Earl Cummings and Albert Walker investigated the case after the sheriff's office was notified by a Mr. Johnson at Bragg City about 6:45 o'clock.
Mr. Alexander was the son of Mr. and Mrs. J.A. Alexander of Cooter and is also survived by several brothers. His body was taken to German Funeral Home in Steele where funeral arrangements were incomplete as this paper went to press, awaiting the arrival of distant relatives.
Democrat Argus - Caruthersville, Missouri - Friday, June 5, 1953
Walter Webb, foreman for the Saunders Alfalfa Mill at Steele discovered Mr. Alexander's body lying with the head on a pillow from the tractor seat directly underneath the exhaust pipe. The motor operates a blower device to pick up the alfalfa as it is cut.
Webb was directing a crew of men, working 24 hours a day to cut the hay and Alexander, one of the crew, had been running the tractor all night. A bottle containing six or eight Dexedrine Sulphate (No-Doze) tablets was found in his pocket and it was surmized that he finally became too sleepy to operate the tractor and had lain down to take a nap.
No inquest was held, authorities having decided that his death was obviously an accident. Sheriff's Deputies Earl Cummings and Albert Walker investigated the case after the sheriff's office was notified by a Mr. Johnson at Bragg City about 6:45 o'clock.
Mr. Alexander was the son of Mr. and Mrs. J.A. Alexander of Cooter and is also survived by several brothers. His body was taken to German Funeral Home in Steele where funeral arrangements were incomplete as this paper went to press, awaiting the arrival of distant relatives.
Democrat Argus - Caruthersville, Missouri - Friday, June 5, 1953
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