Arra (Patrick) Lawmaster
Bevier Appeal Newspaper dated Friday, 8 July 1904
Mrs. Lawmaster Killed Through Runaway.
Mrs. Arra Lawmaster of northeast Bevier, met with a shocking accident about
6 o'clock last Friday evening, which resulted in her death an hour or so
later.
Deceased had been doing some trading in the Mayhew store south of the railroad
and with her two children had started to drive north in a one horse wagon
but had stopped to wait for a train, which blocked the road, to move.
At this time in some way the team of Ben Davis had got frightened in coming
down Welsh Hill and ran away. Opposite J.H. Hart's new building the wagon
struck against the brick used in the construction on the building and the
driver was thrown out and the horses got loose carrying the neck yoke with
them. When they came up to Mrs. Lawmaster's vehicle they reared and moved
on each side of it and the neck yoke swept the seat and the occupants off
the wagon and the horses ran on. The two children were thrown out but Mrs.
Lawmaster, who was unconscious, was hanging over the doubletree, and the
train having moved the frightened horse ran up town and on to Nisbeth's store.
She was removed to the store of J.W.Nisbeth, where her husband, Elmer Lawmaster
was present to administer on her. Her head was terribly gashed and crushed
by being kicked by the horse and she never regained consciousness and died
between 7 and 8 o'clock. The youngest child escaped, with slight injury but
the other was painfully though not dangerously hurt. The heartfelt sympathy
of the whole community is extended to the bereaved husband and relatives
in this terrible affliction.
Decreased was the daughter of James Patrick and wife of near Bloomington
and a granddaughter of A.J. Sneed of Bevier. She was much respected a worthy
(unable to read) christian lady.
A great number of people attended the funeral from the family residence near
Watson's mine northeast of Bevier Sunday afternoon, a large delegation of
the Companions of the Forest lodge of Bevier, of which deceased was a member,
being present. The remains were laid in the cemetery at Bloomington, where
services were conducted by Rev. W.R. Skinner, uncle of deceased at the Methodist
church, which was by far too small to hold the congregation.
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