Carter Co., OK - OBIT:  Henry Lee Lynn

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Submitted by:  Maxine Reggio
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  Surnames: Lynn, Vaught, Johnson
 
  Lynn, Henry Lee

  Daily Ardmoreite March 29, 1921 # 490
  (Leading Citizen From Marshall County is Killed in Auto Crash) (Top of 
  Victim's Head was Crushed Like Egg-Shell; Driver was Prominent Ardmore 
  Oil Man) (No Lights Railway Crossing is Charged) (Noise of Approaching 
  Switch Engine Combined with the Darkness said to have Confused Motorist)
  H.L. Lynn, Farmer and Stockman of Madill, was instantly killed, and E.H. 
  Royer, prominent local oil man was slightly injured when the automobile 
  in which the two men were riding turned turtle, rolling over twice when 
  it struck the tracks of the Santa Fe Railroad Company at the intersection 
  of C Street and First Avenue going East, opposite the warehouse if the 
  Tyler and Simpson Wholesale Grocery Company at about 9:30 o'clock last 
  night. According to a statement of Mr. Royer, he was driving his car, 
  a Pierce-Arrow Touring, North on C Street Southeast, as he reached the 
  crossing coming into First Avenue, Southeast, he saw a switch engine 
  approaching, and he applied his emergency brakes just as he finished 
  the turn. He said there were no lights at the crossing and that darkness 
  was confusing. The machine turned completely over twice, and settled on 
  its left side, with Mr. Lynn pinned beneath, his head was severed in 
  Twain by the running board of the car. Royer was thrown clear when the 
  machine turned over the first time, and landed clear of the wreck.
  Mr.Royer immediately after ascertaining that Lynn was dead, hailed a 
  passing automobile, and was driven to the Police station where he 
  informed Chief Chancellor of the accident. They responded in person, 
  accompanied by several patrolmen. In the mean time a large crowd had 
  gathered about the wreck and all hand were lifting the car from Lynn's 
  body. Dr. Walter Hardy arrived on the scene, and after he pronounced 
  the man lifeless, Harvey Brothers were called and removed Lynn's body 
  to their Funeral parlors. Royer received treatment for the bruises which 
  are regarded slight at the Hardy Sanitarium, and then retired to his home. 
  A mechanic in the employ of Telford, the local dealer for the Pierce-Arrow 
  cars, replaced a broken wheel on the wrecked machine, and drove it to 
  Telford's Garage. The machine was practically totally destroyed and 
  represented a mass tangled wood, steel and shattered glass. Lynn was 40 
  years old. He is survived by his wife and six children who reside on the 
  farm of the descendant about seven miles southwest of Madill. W.W. Wiley 
  of 602 B. Street, northwest, Ardmore, is a nephew and E.B. Lynn and Fred 
  Lynn both of 1102 G Street, northwest, are cousins of the deceased.
  Funeral services for Mr. Lynn will be tomorrow at 2 o'clock at Madill. 
  Mr. Royer and the deceased were close friends. The families of both having 
  visited each other on numerous occasions. It is alleged that the wife 
  and brothers of the deceased exonerated Mr. Royer of all blame.