The Springdale News
Springdale, AR
November 29, 1901
BAKER, Jud – {from the Bentonville Democrat} One of the saddest tragedies that has ever happened in Bentonville occurred last Friday night between 9 and 11 o'clock on the Breaithwait hill, about 2 miles from town on the Sugar Creek road. To add to the sadness of the event the young man whose life went out with such an awful suddenness and in such a fearful manner was almost a complete stranger in our midst, being on a visit here from Vinita, I.T., and there were no living hands nor pitying hearts to minister to his last needs, save the companions of the pleasure trip which ended so disastrously. Bert Hale, Charlie and Tom Redd and Jud Baker left Bentonville for a Mr. Stroud's place north of town to where they understood a dance was to be given on that Friday night. Before leaving they procured that which some young men think essential to the proper enjoyment of a dance – a gallon of whisky, of which they freely imbibed. The liquor was divided into four quart bottles and each boy had a bottle. After a stay of an hour or more at Mr. Stroud's the boys re-entered their conveyance, a double seated carriage with a fender over the wheels, to return. For a short while after starting home Chas. Redd and Baker, who were on the back seat, were likely and talkative, but soon the whisky took a full effect on them and they both became stupefied. Just how the accident occurred will probably never be known, but it is surmised that the swaying of the carriage threw young Baker forward and outward; that he was sitting with his feet outside the carriage bed and the lurch caused him to fall with his feet under the carriage bed and his body resting on the fender with his left side to the ground. In this position he was carried a mile and a quarter, with ever and anon his head and shoulders dragging on the ground. His skull was fractured, a hole driven into his left temple, one ear was entirely gone and the entire left side of his face was a mass of bruises. At the top of the Breaithwait hill the unfortunate man was discovered by his companions who extricated him and brought him with all haste to town, but it was too late. He died in a short time after arriving and before medical aid could reach him. His parents were notified and his father came Sunday morning and Sunday afternoon the remains were buried in the Odd Fellows cemetery here, a large concourse of people were present and assisted in the funeral services conducted by Rev. Swanner of the Baptist church. The coroner held an inquest over the remains, the jury returning the following verdict:
We, the jury find the deceased, Jud Baker, came to his death by accidentally falling from a carriage and becoming entangled between the fender and carriage bed and being dragged a distance of 1 ¼ miles.
Springdale, AR
November 29, 1901
BAKER, Jud – {from the Bentonville Democrat} One of the saddest tragedies that has ever happened in Bentonville occurred last Friday night between 9 and 11 o'clock on the Breaithwait hill, about 2 miles from town on the Sugar Creek road. To add to the sadness of the event the young man whose life went out with such an awful suddenness and in such a fearful manner was almost a complete stranger in our midst, being on a visit here from Vinita, I.T., and there were no living hands nor pitying hearts to minister to his last needs, save the companions of the pleasure trip which ended so disastrously. Bert Hale, Charlie and Tom Redd and Jud Baker left Bentonville for a Mr. Stroud's place north of town to where they understood a dance was to be given on that Friday night. Before leaving they procured that which some young men think essential to the proper enjoyment of a dance – a gallon of whisky, of which they freely imbibed. The liquor was divided into four quart bottles and each boy had a bottle. After a stay of an hour or more at Mr. Stroud's the boys re-entered their conveyance, a double seated carriage with a fender over the wheels, to return. For a short while after starting home Chas. Redd and Baker, who were on the back seat, were likely and talkative, but soon the whisky took a full effect on them and they both became stupefied. Just how the accident occurred will probably never be known, but it is surmised that the swaying of the carriage threw young Baker forward and outward; that he was sitting with his feet outside the carriage bed and the lurch caused him to fall with his feet under the carriage bed and his body resting on the fender with his left side to the ground. In this position he was carried a mile and a quarter, with ever and anon his head and shoulders dragging on the ground. His skull was fractured, a hole driven into his left temple, one ear was entirely gone and the entire left side of his face was a mass of bruises. At the top of the Breaithwait hill the unfortunate man was discovered by his companions who extricated him and brought him with all haste to town, but it was too late. He died in a short time after arriving and before medical aid could reach him. His parents were notified and his father came Sunday morning and Sunday afternoon the remains were buried in the Odd Fellows cemetery here, a large concourse of people were present and assisted in the funeral services conducted by Rev. Swanner of the Baptist church. The coroner held an inquest over the remains, the jury returning the following verdict:
We, the jury find the deceased, Jud Baker, came to his death by accidentally falling from a carriage and becoming entangled between the fender and carriage bed and being dragged a distance of 1 ¼ miles.
The Springdale News
Springdale, AR
November 29, 1901
BAKER, Jud – {from the Bentonville Democrat} One of the saddest tragedies that has ever happened in Bentonville occurred last Friday night between 9 and 11 o'clock on the Breaithwait hill, about 2 miles from town on the Sugar Creek road. To add to the sadness of the event the young man whose life went out with such an awful suddenness and in such a fearful manner was almost a complete stranger in our midst, being on a visit here from Vinita, I.T., and there were no living hands nor pitying hearts to minister to his last needs, save the companions of the pleasure trip which ended so disastrously. Bert Hale, Charlie and Tom Redd and Jud Baker left Bentonville for a Mr. Stroud's place north of town to where they understood a dance was to be given on that Friday night. Before leaving they procured that which some young men think essential to the proper enjoyment of a dance – a gallon of whisky, of which they freely imbibed. The liquor was divided into four quart bottles and each boy had a bottle. After a stay of an hour or more at Mr. Stroud's the boys re-entered their conveyance, a double seated carriage with a fender over the wheels, to return. For a short while after starting home Chas. Redd and Baker, who were on the back seat, were likely and talkative, but soon the whisky took a full effect on them and they both became stupefied. Just how the accident occurred will probably never be known, but it is surmised that the swaying of the carriage threw young Baker forward and outward; that he was sitting with his feet outside the carriage bed and the lurch caused him to fall with his feet under the carriage bed and his body resting on the fender with his left side to the ground. In this position he was carried a mile and a quarter, with ever and anon his head and shoulders dragging on the ground. His skull was fractured, a hole driven into his left temple, one ear was entirely gone and the entire left side of his face was a mass of bruises. At the top of the Breaithwait hill the unfortunate man was discovered by his companions who extricated him and brought him with all haste to town, but it was too late. He died in a short time after arriving and before medical aid could reach him. His parents were notified and his father came Sunday morning and Sunday afternoon the remains were buried in the Odd Fellows cemetery here, a large concourse of people were present and assisted in the funeral services conducted by Rev. Swanner of the Baptist church. The coroner held an inquest over the remains, the jury returning the following verdict:
We, the jury find the deceased, Jud Baker, came to his death by accidentally falling from a carriage and becoming entangled between the fender and carriage bed and being dragged a distance of 1 ¼ miles.
Springdale, AR
November 29, 1901
BAKER, Jud – {from the Bentonville Democrat} One of the saddest tragedies that has ever happened in Bentonville occurred last Friday night between 9 and 11 o'clock on the Breaithwait hill, about 2 miles from town on the Sugar Creek road. To add to the sadness of the event the young man whose life went out with such an awful suddenness and in such a fearful manner was almost a complete stranger in our midst, being on a visit here from Vinita, I.T., and there were no living hands nor pitying hearts to minister to his last needs, save the companions of the pleasure trip which ended so disastrously. Bert Hale, Charlie and Tom Redd and Jud Baker left Bentonville for a Mr. Stroud's place north of town to where they understood a dance was to be given on that Friday night. Before leaving they procured that which some young men think essential to the proper enjoyment of a dance – a gallon of whisky, of which they freely imbibed. The liquor was divided into four quart bottles and each boy had a bottle. After a stay of an hour or more at Mr. Stroud's the boys re-entered their conveyance, a double seated carriage with a fender over the wheels, to return. For a short while after starting home Chas. Redd and Baker, who were on the back seat, were likely and talkative, but soon the whisky took a full effect on them and they both became stupefied. Just how the accident occurred will probably never be known, but it is surmised that the swaying of the carriage threw young Baker forward and outward; that he was sitting with his feet outside the carriage bed and the lurch caused him to fall with his feet under the carriage bed and his body resting on the fender with his left side to the ground. In this position he was carried a mile and a quarter, with ever and anon his head and shoulders dragging on the ground. His skull was fractured, a hole driven into his left temple, one ear was entirely gone and the entire left side of his face was a mass of bruises. At the top of the Breaithwait hill the unfortunate man was discovered by his companions who extricated him and brought him with all haste to town, but it was too late. He died in a short time after arriving and before medical aid could reach him. His parents were notified and his father came Sunday morning and Sunday afternoon the remains were buried in the Odd Fellows cemetery here, a large concourse of people were present and assisted in the funeral services conducted by Rev. Swanner of the Baptist church. The coroner held an inquest over the remains, the jury returning the following verdict:
We, the jury find the deceased, Jud Baker, came to his death by accidentally falling from a carriage and becoming entangled between the fender and carriage bed and being dragged a distance of 1 ¼ miles.
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