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     Jose Fidel Torres was born on 5 November 1893 at New Mexico. He married Elviria Struck, daughter of Francisco Grant Struck and Rumalda Aragon, circa 1921. Jose Fidel Torres died on 13 July 1969 at Ranchos de Taos, Taos Co., New Mexico, at age 75.

     John Erling Torske was born on 1 November 1902 at Bud, More Org Romsdal Co., Norway.¹ He was the son of Olaf Kristian Torske and Olise Olsen Bjørnsvig. John Erling Torske married Esther Alvina Halvorson, daughter of Henry Theodore Halvorson and Siri L. Nelson, on 2 October 1970 at Parshall, Mountrail Co., North Dakota. John Erling Torske died on 19 October 1997 at Tioga Medical Center, Tioga, Williams Co., North Dakota, at age 94. He lived in 1992 at New Town, Mountrail Co., North Dakota. His Social Security Number was 502-07-6458. SSDI lists born 01Nov1902 and died 19Oct1997, and last residence as New Town, ND.

     Olaf Kristian Torske married Olise Olsen Bjørnsvig.

     Mary Ellen Toth also went by the name of Mariska. She was born on 28 August 1922 at Carteret, Middlesex Co., New Jersey. She married Frederick James Albertson in 1943 at New Jersey. Mary Ellen Toth died on 22 February 2010 at Westfield, Union Co., New Jersey, at age 87.

     Estella Marie Tourville was born on 13 December 1897 at Washington Co., Minnesota. She married Joseph Veno Jr. on 31 July 1916. Estella Marie Tourville died on 4 January 1987 at St. Paul, Ramsey Co., Minnesota, at age 89.

     Lorraine Jacqueline Tower was born on 3 August 1924 at Oakland, Alameda Co., California. She married Westley Fremont Harn Jr., son of Westley Fremont Harn Sr. and Letta Lucille Smith, on 13 December 1958 at Las Vegas, Clark Co., Nevada. Lorraine Jacqueline Tower died on 22 July 1988 at Oakdale, Stanislaus Co., California, at age 63.

     Charles Howard Towers also went by the name of Bud. He was born on 7 July 1884 at Stewartville, Olmsted Co., Minnesota.¹ He married Gertrude Abbie Tripp, daughter of Merritt Tripp and Sarah Abigail Perkins, on 5 November 1913 at Goodhue Co., Minnesota. Charles Howard Towers died on 16 March 1974 at Minnesota at age 89.¹ He was buried at Riverside Memorial Park, Aberdeen, Brown Co., South Dakota.¹

     Jack Howard Towers was born on 15 November 1914 at Bradley, Clark Co., South Dakota.^1,2 He was the son of Charles Howard Towers and Gertrude Abbie Tripp. Jack Howard Towers married Rhoda Marian Sime on 21 September 1940 at Aberdeen, Brown Co., South Dakota. Jack Howard Towers died on 23 December 2010 at Rockville, Montgomery Co., Maryland, at age 96. He was buried at Norbeck Memorial Park, Olney, Montgomery Co., Maryland.² He graduated circa 1932 at South Dakota State College, South Dakota. He began military service in 1942. He ended military service in 1946. The cause of death was Parkinson’s disease.

Jack Towers dies at 96; USDA broadcaster won Grammy for rare Ellington recording

By Matt Schudel
Washington Post Staff Writer
Tuesday, December 28, 2010; 9:51 PM

On Nov. 7, 1940, Jack Towers and his friend Dick Burris arrived early at the Crystal Ballroom in Fargo, N.D., to set up their recording equipment. The Duke Ellington Orchestra, their favorite jazz band, was scheduled to play that night.
Mr. Towers and Burris were young radio broadcasters and engineers who, in the days before tape recorders had been invented, hauled a bulky Presto-S disc cutter from the trunk of their car into the ballroom. Duke Ellington allowed them to record the evening's performance, a dance for more than 600 young people, as long as it was not sold commercially.

The discs of that night's performance sat for decades on a shelf in Mr. Towers's basement in Hyattsville, where he lived for many years. He was 96 when he died Dec. 23 at Montgomery Hospice's Casey House in Rockville. He had Parkinson's disease.
For decades, the Fargo recordings, preserved on 16-inch aluminum discs coated with acetate, were known only to Mr. Towers's friends and a few jazz insiders. Some bootleg versions were released.

When the recording finally came to light and was commercially released nearly 40 years later, it was considered a musical and engineering miracle. "The Fargo performance," critic Will Friedwald wrote in 2007, "still resonates as one of the greatest concert recordings in all of jazz."
It was one of the first live jazz recordings and captured Ellington and his band at their artistic pinnacle.

The revelatory recording, "Duke Ellington at Fargo, 1940 Live," won a Grammy Award in 1980 for best big-band album and established Mr. Towers's reputation as one of the foremost restorers of musical recordings in the country.
On Tuesday, Library of Congress recording engineer and jazz radio host Larry Appelbaum called Mr. Towers's Fargo recording "a landmark because with his disc cutter he captured what is arguably Ellington's finest orchestra, not in the studio, but on one fantastic night on the bandstand."

For Mr. Towers, remastering rare recordings became a second career, after he had spent decades in charge of radio broadcasting at the U.S. Department of Agriculture. He was working for what is now called USDA's Cooperative Extension System in South Dakota when he traveled to Fargo to record Ellington in 1940.
"We had a disc recorder that the extension service used for recording farm programs for agricultural colleges," he told The Washington Post in 1980. "It was advanced equipment - up to snuff."
At the time, 78-rpm commercial recordings could contain only about three minutes of music on a side. Mr. Towers's discs could capture 15 minutes of music per side. It revealed the Ellington band in its full glory, stretching out in extended solos on 45 tunes that sometimes reached nearly seven minutes.
Mr. Towers and Burris had no plans to make music history that night. School friends from Brookings, S.D., they had worked at the college radio station at South Dakota State University and had become devoted jazz fans, particularly of Ellington's.
"Ellington is as much a part of my life style as the family Bible," Mr. Towers told The Post in 1980.

Before the performance at the Crystal Ballroom in Fargo, Ellington told Mr. Towers that his trumpet section was in "rough shape." Ray Nance, who became a longtime mainstay in the trumpet section, was making his first appearance in the band that night.
Afterward, Mr. Towers and Burris played back parts of the recording for Ellington and his bandmates. Seventy years later, it still sounds magical, with tight ensemble work and inspired solos throughout by saxophonists Ben Webster and Johnny Hodges, trombonist Joe "Tricky Sam" Nanton and Ellington on piano.
For Ellington, it was just another night on the road. "We weren't thinking anything beyond getting something we'd have a good time with, something to play for our own amazement and enjoyment," Mr. Towers told the Washington City Paper in 2001.
"But I'll always remember that when we were driving home, ol' Dick said, 'Boy, we probably don't even realize what we've got here.??"

Jack Howard Towers was born Nov. 15, 1914, in Bradley, S.D. His interests included photography, radio and flying, and he once considered becoming an airline pilot.
After joining the Agriculture Department in South Dakota, he moved to Washington in 1941. He served in the Army from 1942 to 1946, then returned to USDA.
He became the head of radio broadcasting in 1952, developed programs for broadcast on major networks and designed features on crops and agriculture that were aired for decades. His voice was often heard on radio stations throughout the nation's farm belt.

He retired from USDA in 1974 to devote himself to remastering rare recordings, primarily of jazz groups. Before the arrival of the digital era, Mr. Towers removed pops and hisses from reel-to-reel tapes by using an X-acto knife, scraping away the imperfections one at a time.
In the late 1980s and 1990s, he restored the celebrated tapes of jazz great Charlie Parker made by Dean Benedetti in 1947. Among his hundreds of projects, Mr. Towers remastered rare works by Count Basie, Benny Goodman, Glenn Miller and other greats.
Engineers and music aficionados from around the world found their way to his Hyattsville basement and later to Ashton, where he had lived since 1991.

A son, Richard C. Towers, died in 1989.
Survivors include his wife of 70 years, Rhoda Sime Towers of Ashton; and two daughters, Martha Caudill and Jean L. Kemp, both of Ashton; and a granddaughter.

"It was amazing to watch him," Patricia Willard, a former jazz consultant to the Library of Congress, said Tuesday. "What Jack achieved in sound restoration was beyond what anybody did before and, I think, since."
Washington Post, 28Dec2010
https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/12/28/AR2010122804198.html.¹

     Jean Ann Towers was born on 11 January 1918 at Clark Co., South Dakota. She was the daughter of Charles Howard Towers and Gertrude Abbie Tripp. Jean Ann Towers married Peter Ernest Hansen on 6 November 1938 at Flandreau, Moody Co., South Dakota. Jean Ann Towers died on 17 September 1990 at Cambridge, Isanti Co., Minnesota, at age 72. She was buried at Graceland Cemetery, Ogilvie, Kanabec Co., Minnesota.¹ She lived in October 1968 at Flandreau, Moody Co., South Dakota.

     Jean Louise Towers is the daughter of Jack Howard Towers and Rhoda Marian Sime. Jean Louise Towers married male Kemp.

     Martha Marie Towers is the daughter of Jack Howard Towers and Rhoda Marian Sime. Martha Marie Towers married Robert Franklin Caudill on 13 October 1962. Martha Marie Towers and Robert Franklin Caudill were divorced on 18 July 1984 at Sterling, Loudon Co., Virginia.

     Patricia J. Towers was born on 26 May 1923 at South Dakota. She was the daughter of Charles Howard Towers and Gertrude Abbie Tripp. Patricia J. Towers married Reuben George Schweigert on 10 September 1948 at Spink Co., South Dakota. Patricia J. Towers died on 27 June 1965 at California at age 42.

     Richard C. Towers was born in 1946.¹ He was the son of Jack Howard Towers and Rhoda Marian Sime. Richard C. Towers died in 1989.^1,2 He was buried at Norbeck Memorial Park, Olney, Montgomery Co., Maryland.¹

     Daniel Higgins Towle was born on 12 April 1841 at Maine.^1,2 He married Amanda Smith Ellsworth, daughter of Thomas Ellsworth and Miriam Maddocks, on 22 March 1864.² Daniel Higgins Towle married Mary Ann Crandall on 1 January 1884.² Daniel Higgins Towle died on 24 November 1918 at Minneapolis, Hennepin Co., Minnesota, at age 77.¹ He was buried at Hope Cemetery, Red Wing, Goodhue Co., Minnesota.¹

     Diane Dorothy Towle is the daughter of Ellsworth Merton Towle and Dorothy Gustava Johnson. Diane Dorothy Towle married Allen Glen Nelson on 14 June 1964 at Rice Co., Minnesota; Certificate Number:      M13-171.

     Ellsworth Daniel Towle is the son of Ellsworth Merton Towle and Dorothy Gustava Johnson. Ellsworth Daniel Towle married Marilyn (?)

     Ellsworth Merton Towle was born on 2 February 1914 at Hennepin Co., Minnesota.¹ He was the son of Merton Daniel Towle and Luella M. Larson. Ellsworth Merton Towle married Dorothy Gustava Johnson on 13 September 1937 at Hennepin Co., Minnesota. Ellsworth Merton Towle died on 15 November 1952 at age 38.¹ He was buried at Lakewood Cemetery, Minneapolis, Hennepin Co., Minnesota.¹

     Emma Electa Towle was born in 1868 at Minnesota.¹ She was the daughter of Daniel Higgins Towle and Amanda Smith Ellsworth. Emma Electa Towle died in 1944 at Long Beach, Los Angeles Co., California.¹ She was buried at Hope Cemetery, Red Wing, Goodhue Co., Minnesota.¹

     Lena Miriam Towle was born in 1871 at Featherstone, Goodhue Co., Minnesota.¹ She was the daughter of Daniel Higgins Towle and Amanda Smith Ellsworth. Lena Miriam Towle married Charles Brown on 26 December 1894 at Minnesota. Lena Miriam Towle died on 29 April 1952 at Los Angeles, Los Angeles Co., California.¹ She was buried at Burnside Cemetery, Red Wing, Goodhue Co., Minnesota.¹

Findagrame.com lists Lena and Charles with 6 children.

     Merry Carole Towle is the daughter of Ellsworth Merton Towle and Dorothy Gustava Johnson. Merry Carole Towle married James Norman Backstrom on 6 August 1977 at Hennepin Co., Minnesota.

     Merton Daniel Towle was born on 26 December 1879 at Red Wing, Goodhue Co., Minnesota.¹ He was the son of Daniel Higgins Towle and Amanda Smith Ellsworth. Merton Daniel Towle married Luella M. Larson in 1907. Merton Daniel Towle died on 17 January 1964 at Hennepin Co., Minnesota, at age 84.¹ He was buried at Lakewood Cemetery, Minneapolis, Hennepin Co., Minnesota.¹

     Majorie Townsend married Kenneth VanKirk Hyatt, son of Louis Eugene Hyatt and Anna Laura Van Kirk.

     Mary Lena Trabing was born on 7 May 1910.¹ She married Charles Ernest Scheller, son of Charles Frederick Scheller and Delma Ruth Harn, circa 1930 at Baltimore, Maryland.² Mary Lena Trabing died on 1 December 1989 at age 79.¹ She was buried at Taylorsville United Methodist Church Cemetery, Taylorsville, Carroll Co., Maryland.¹ SOURCE: Gary C. Harn letter 24 July 1995.

     Berna Jean Tracey is the daughter of Dewey Florence Tracey and Lola Blanche Speed. Berna Jean Tracey married Gerald Edwin Hamm (?) on 10 April 1948 at Opportunity, Spokane Co., Washington.

     Bernard Stanislaus Tracey was born on 13 May 1890 at Taylor, Stark Co., North Dakota.^1,2,3 He was the son of John Michael Tracey and Bridgett Cecilia McCarthy. Bernard Stanislaus Tracey married Letha Ellen Payne circa 1912 at Dickinson, Stark Co., North Dakota.³ Bernard Stanislaus Tracey died on 13 May 1970 at Eugene, Lane Co., Oregon, at age 80.^1,2,3 He was buried at Woodlawn Cemetery, Columbia Falls, Flathead Co., Montana.^2,3 Bernard Stanislaus Tracey was a Farmer. He lived in January 1948 at Columbia Falls, Flathead Co., Montana.⁴

TRACEY, Bernard

COLUMBIA FALLS -- TRACEY, Bernard, 80. died at Eugene, Ore. Requiem Mass will be Saturday at 10 a.m. at St. Richard's Catholic Church, Columbia Falls, burial in Woodlawn Cemetery. Born at Taylor, N.D., he married Letha Payne in 1912 at Dickinson, N.D. In 1924 he moved to Coram to work for the railroad. Following his retirement he served on the Columbia Falls Council. Survivors include two sons, Maurice, Columbia Falls, and Robert in Oregon: daughters, Mrs. Florence Hill, and Mrs. Dorothy Taylor, Oregon, and Mrs. Marjorie Kollenborne, Columbia Falls, and two brothers.

Great Falls Tribune (Great Falls, Montana)
Sat, May 16, 1970 ·Page 8.³


He lived in 1924 at Coram, Flathead Co., Montana.³ He lived in July 1951 at Columbia Falls, Flathead Co., Montana.⁵

     Catherine Tracey was born in December 1851 at Indiana.¹ She was the daughter of John Tracey and Eleanor Paxmax. Catherine Tracey died on 13 April 1931 at Hennepin Co., Minnesota, at age 79.¹ She was buried at St. Marys Cemetery, Newry, Freeborn Co., Minnesota.¹

     Celestine B. Tracey also went by the name of Polly.¹ She was born on 26 November 1892 at Taylor, Stark Co., North Dakota.^2,1 She was born on 19 April 1891 at Taylor, Stark Co., North Dakota.³ She was the daughter of John Michael Tracey and Bridgett Cecilia McCarthy. Celestine B. Tracey married Norris Keith Boice on 18 April 1917 at Weldon, McCone Co., Montana.⁴ Celestine B. Tracey died on 5 November 1979 at Polson, Lake Co., Montana, at age 86.^2,1 She was buried at Lakeview Cemetery, Polson, Lake Co., Montana, Plot: 6a-121-17.² She lived in January 1948 at Polson, Lake Co., Montana.⁵

Mary Boice

POLSON - Mary C. 'Polly" Boice, 86, a Montana homesteader, died Monday evening in a Polson nursing home.
She was born Nov. 26, 1892, in Taylor, N.D., the daughter of J. M. and Cecelia Tracey. She received her education in schools at Taylor and at Dickinson, N.D.
Mrs. Boice moved with her family to Weldon in eastern Montana, where her parents homesteaded. She married Norris Boice in Weldon on April 18. 1916.
Survivors include her husband, Polson; a son, Frank, California; four daughters, Florence Schmitz. Ronan; Ethel Lund, Havre; Margaret Coulter, Charlo; and Marian D'Arcy, Butte; two brothers, Dewey Tracey, Okanogan, Wash; and Harry Tracey, of Kalispell; and 24 grandchildren, 31 great-grandchildren.
Rosary will be recited at 8 p.m. Thursday in the Mosley Chapel in Polson. Mass of the Christian Burial will be celebrated at 11 a.m. Friday in the Immaculate Conception Church with the Rev. J. Bruce Plummer as celebrant. Burial will be in Lake View Cemetery in Polson.

The Missoulian (Missoula, Montana)
Wed, Nov 07, 1979 ·Page 10.¹


She lived in July 1951 at Polson, Lake Co., Montana.⁶

     Charles Thomas Tracey was born on 25 April 1886 at Taylor, Stark Co., North Dakota.¹ He was the son of John Michael Tracey and Bridgett Cecilia McCarthy. Charles Thomas Tracey married Andrea Hansen Rasmussen, daughter of Jorgen Rasmussen and Maria Hansen, on 12 September 1910 at St. Mary's Abbey, Richardton, Stark Co., North Dakota. Charles Thomas Tracey died on 18 August 1929 at Minneapolis, Hennepin Co., Minnesota, at age 43.² He died circa 1927.¹ He was buried at Crystal Lake Cemetery, Minneapolis, Hennepin Co., Minnesota.³ He lived in 1918 at Dawson Co., Montana. In 1920 Charles Thomas Tracey was a Machinist.

PAIR HELD AFTER 3 DIE IN CAR PLUNGE
Second Auto Occupants in Crash Jailed
Three Dashed to Death in Accident on Tenth Avenue Span.
Men Confess They Ran When Other Machine I Went Through Rail.
Police Declare Charges of Manslaughter Will Be Filed Today.

Two men were In jail Sunday night, held in the police investigation of an automobile accident that took three lives Saturday night when an automobile plunged through the railing of the Tenth avenue bridge and fell 70 feet to the Mississippi river. Bodies of the three victims were recovered Sunday after firemen worked for more than 10 hours with boats and grappling hooks. The dead are: Charles T. Tracey, 42 years old, 203 Nineteenth avenue south, owner and driver of the car. Clarence W. Score, 30 years old, 1816 Two-and One -half street south. Ludvig J. Forsbeck, 24 years old, 271 Nineteenth avenue south.

The men held in jail were occupants of a small coupe abandoned on the bridge after It had collided with Tracey's car. Police were told they ran from the scene after the crash, but later police picked up the driver after tracing the ownership of the car through the license number. He probably will face a manslaughter charge Monday, according to Detectives Frank Forestal and James Mullen. His companion gave himself up voluntarily.
They were questioned Sunday in an effort to trace their movements before the accident. One of the men denied having any liquor, but the other said they had visited a place on Cedar avenue where they obtained some liquor. A third man, who had been with the two before the accident, also was questioned by the police.
The body of Tracey was first recovered. It was brought to the surface at 4:30 a.m. Sunday by Patrol, men R. B. Nelson and J. T. Hofdahl, a short distance from where the car struck the water, above the rapids. Three hours more of searching in the river elapsed before Score's body was found, and after another hour and a half the patrolmen recovered Forsbeck's body.

Detectives Ray Mahoney and Magni Palm arrested the driver of the abandoned coupe, and the other came to police headquarters Sunday morning, explained his connection with the crash, and was locked up.
One of the men, the detectives said, gave a clear account of the accident. He said he was driving east on the bridge when he met the Tracey car. The front wheels of the cars locked, he said, and the larger car swung around back of the coupe, and plunged through the railing. He said his own machine then swung to the right and stopped on the edge of the sidewalk.
The two fled from the scene, they declared, and after reaching the university campus, separated, one going home and the other coming down town. The latter met a friend, he said, and started to spend the night with him, but the friend advised him to telephone his father about the accident. This was done.
Dr. Gilbert Seashore, coroner, after an examination of the bodies of the men who lost their lives in the accident, filed a verdict of death due to drowning after an automobile accident. Hie advised that police continue the investigation of the crash with a view to fixing responsibility.

Police were in doubt for some time as to who was in the Tracey car. It was at first believed that Ole Peterson, 3007 Pierce street north east and two companions were in the machine. Peterson at one time owned the car but disposed of it several months ago. Tracey, according to his son, has owned it for two months.

Survived by Widow.
Tracey is survived by a widow and three children, Everett, 17 years old; Donald, 10 years; and LaVonee, 3 years.
"The men who lost their lives with dad were friends of his," Everett, the son, said Sunday in discussing the accident. I don't know how he happened to be down on the Tenth avenue bridge. Dad and his friends left home early in the evening. He was supposed to be back In a few minutes because we had company coming, and it was planned to play cards and have lunch later in the evening. He never drove fast, in fact, he was so careful about the car that he never let me take it. I can't understand how the accident happened."

The body of Tracey was taken to the Hurlburt mortuary, 5 West Twenty sixth street. Funeral services for Tracey will be held Thursday afternoon at 2:30, from the Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, Fifth avenue north and Queen avenue.

Score Also Married.
Clarence Score was married but had no children. He had been a taxi-cab driver for several years. He was a resident of Minneapolis during his entire life and was educated and married here. He was a member of the Modern Woodmen of America, Besides his wife, he is survived by his parents, Mr. and Mrs. O. O. Score.
Funeral services will be held at the Bethany Lutheran church, Franklin and Twenty-fifth avenues south at 2 p.m. Wednesday. Burial will be in Crystal Lake cemetery.
Forsbeck was born and reared in Minneapolis and educated in the public schools here. Since leaving school he had been employed In a loop store and resided with his mother, Mrs., Hilda Forsbeck, who is the only survivor. He was a Mason.

Star Tribune (Minneapolis, Minnesota)
Mon, Aug 19, 1929 ·Page 1, page 5.⁴




Police Jail Bootlegger In Inquiry of Crash on Bridge That Drowns 3
Two in Car and Third Who Sold Liquor Make Statements About Accident That Sent Auto Into River

Three persons are under arrest today and the county attorney's office has begun an investigation of the accident in the center of the Tenth avenue bridge late Saturday night which caused a sedan to plunge with three men into the Mississippi river. The occupants of the car were drowned.
Statements were obtained from all three of the men under arrest. Two of them were occupants of the second car which figured in the crash but which was prevented from going into the water by the bridge railing.
Three Held in Jail
The third man under arrest, who is also reported to have made a statement to police, was jailed because one of the first two told police he had had several drinks in a place on Cedar avenue operated by the other.
Those under arrest are Walter Storey, 26 years old, 4255 Grand avenue, driver of the coupe; Carl Ellsworth Anderson, 35 years old, 509 Beacon street NE., occupant of the car, and Paul Johnson, 239 Cedar avenue.
In the statement signed by Johnson, he admitted having sold liquor at the Cedar avenue address at various times, and that Saturday he had sold drinks to Anderson and others. The liquor was moonshine an dspiked beer, according to the statements.
Police turned the statements taken from the three men over to Ed J. Goff, assistant county attorney, and he is investigating the case to determine what charges, if any, should be placed against the three. They are all in jail.
Stories Conflict
Two of the thre estatements taken by police state Johnson sold "spiked" beer and moonshine at the Cedar avenue place, and that Anderson, Storey and two others had been there Saturday, at which time they had several drinks. Johnson stated Storey was sober when he left the place.
Conflicting statements were made in the answers given by Storey and Anderson regarding the operation of the place but police raided it early today and arrested Johnson.
Victims of the accident were: Charles T. Tracey, 42 years old, 203 Nineteenth avenue N., owner and driver of the car.
Ludvig J. Forsbeck, 24 years old, 271 Nineteenth avenue S.
Clarence W. Score, 30 years old, 1816 Two and One-half street S.
The bodies were recovered Sunday in the river beneath the bridge by policemen. Patrolmen L. C. Hofdahl and R. B. Nelson, the first crew to take up that work, recovered the body of Tracey at about daybreak. Patrolmen V. S. Kaufman and A. F. Strand, who then took up the work, I recovered the other two bodies.
Storey Signs Statement
Storey gave his statement to police orally. When he had finished, he signed a transcribed copy of the tatement, which is as follows:
"I got home a little after noon. I cleaned up the car, had lunch, read a magazine, listened to part of the ball game on the radio, took a bath, shaved and then I dressed.
"I left home about 4:30 or 5 p.m., taking the car with me and going to Sabo's barber shop on Cedar avenue between Third and Fourth streets. After I got the hair cut, I got some cigarets at Jepson's, corner of Riverside and Fourth. I then met a fellow by name of Clarence Johnson. I took him home to Twentieth avenue S., between Sixth and Seventh streets. He works for the city, on bridges. I took him home at about 5:30 p.m. I waited for him to wash and dress, which was about 7 p.m. Then we drove up to seven corners, sat around and talked to him in the car.
Have Accident on Bridge
"Later on I met Cully, whom I have known for about three or four months. This was about 8:30 p.m. He got into the car at seven corners. I don't know where he works. Clarence Johnson left me about 8:15 p m., while I was In the car. When Cully came along, I asked him if he was going home and he said he was. We then went up Washington avenue to Tenth avenue S. over the bridge on Tenth avenue, and when about 100 feet over the bridge, we had an accident.

Q-You say you were In the car how long before you met this other I fellow?
About half an hour.
Q-- Up to this time you had been drinking? The other fellow ?
Not me. I could not say that he had been drinking.
Q-Had Clarence Johnson been I drinking?
No sir. He was sober.
Q--When you went to Johnson's home, did you have anything to drink?
No sir.
Q-- Give the facts regarding the accident.
Misjudged Distance
"I was going along from Washington avenue towards southeast. Then the other car came from the other direction. It is a narrow bridge and it was quite dark. We both had misjudged our distance. My left front and his left front el struck each other. His car swerved 30 or 40 feet and then went through the sidewalk, which is eight or ten inches from the floor of the bridge. We both got out of my car. We looked around and saw that the other car had disappeared. We became confused and walked over the bridge until we reached the university campus. There was a car on the bridge but we did not talk to anyone. I left Cully at the university campus.
Q-- Just previous to the accident, how fast were you traveling?
Goes to Friends' House
About 15 or 16 miles per hour.
The other car was going about the same rate of speed.
Q.-Where did-you go after you left Cully?
I walked over the Washington avenue bridge to about Third street I and Third avenue S.. where I met Harry Bjersing and Clarence Ahlm. I told them about the accident. I went to Harry Bjersing's home at 1810 Fifth street S., and stayed there up to the time of my arrest at 5:30 a.m. today.
Second Man Questioned
The man called "Cully," Carl Ellsworth Anderson, also admitted he was in the coupe when it collided with the sedan on the bridge. In his statement to police, he said he lived at 509 Beacon street SE , and that he was unmarried His answers to questions about the accident follow:
Q--Did you notice if the car swerved or not?
I didn't notice.
Q-- Do you remember on which side of the bridge you hit the sedan?
No, sir.
Q-- As soon as the cars hit, did you hear the other car go through the bridge?
No. I didn't.
Q--You both got out of the car, that is, you and Storey?
Yes. I thought he was going home.
Tried to Start Car Again
Q--Did Storey try to start the car again?
Yes sir.
Q--How long after the accident did Storey try to start his car up to go away.
I don't know.
Q-- When he couldn't start the car, what did you do then?
I said, "I'm going home."
Q--How long did you stay there after the accident?
A couple of minutes.
From this point, the statement agrees with Storey's about the two walking to the university campus, where they separated.
Tracey Rites Thursday
Tracey Is survived by his widow and three children, Everett, 17 years old, Donald, 10 years old, and La Vonee, three years old. Funeral services will be conducted for Tracey Thursday at 2:30 p.m. at the Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ, Latter Day Saints, Fifth avenue N. and Queen avenue.
Funeral services for Score will be conducted at the Bethany Lutheran church, Franklin and Twenty-fifth avenues S., Wednesday at 2 p.m. Burial will be in Crystal Lake cemetery. Score was married but had no children. He had been a taxicab driver for several years and was a native of Minneapolis.
Forsbeck was also a native of Minneapolis. He had been employed in a loop store and resided with his mother, Mrs. Hilda Forsbeck, who is the only survivor.
Slow Speed Ordered on Bride
The bridge was built 50 years ago. About 35 years ago it was condemned to traffic, but a storm of protests arose and it was re- opened to light vehicular travel and foot traffic. Signs were then posted, and have been up ever since, prohibiting heavy loads and requiring all travel to be at a slow speed. The bridge has a narrow roadway, and is a steel type, supported on stone piers, and with a planking floor.

The Minneapolis Journal (Minneapolis, Minnesota)
Mon, Aug 19, 1929 ·Page 8.⁵




STORY ACCUSED IN BRIDGE CRASH
Failure to Stop After Accident Charged in Death of Three

Charges of failing to stop after an accident were lodged today against Walter Story, 4255 Grand avenue, motorist whose car was involved in a collision which plunged three men 70 feet to their death from the Tenth avenue bridge Saturday night.
The other occupant of Story's machine, Carl E. Anderson, 509 Beacon street NE., was still held without charge as John P. Arnoldy, assistant county attorney, continued an investigation into the fatal crash.
An alleged bootlegger, from whom Anderson said he and Story purchased liquor before the accident was turned over to police for investigation. Louis Schultz, 905 Nineteenth avenue SE., whom Story drove home shortly before the accident and who was held as a material, witness, was released.
The three victims of the accident were Charles T. Tracey, 203 Nineteenth avenue S., Ludvig J. Forebeck, 271 Nineteenth avenue S., and Clarence W. Score, 1816 Two and One-half street S.

The Minneapolis Star (Minneapolis, Minnesota)
20 August 1929, page 4.⁶




WIDOW OF AUTO VICTIM ASKS $7,500 FROM CITY
Claiming the city is at fault because it failed to maintain the Tenth avenue bridge in safe condition, Mrs. Andrea H. Tracy, widow of Charles T. Tracy, filed suit against the city of Minneapolis Saturday, asking $7,500 for the death of her husband in an auto accident on August 29, 1929. Tracy was drowned when his auto plunged off the Tenth avenue bridge following a collision.

Star Tribune (Minneapolis, Minnesota)
Sun, Jun 29, 1930 ·Page 9.⁷



COURT DEFENDS BRIDGE IN SUIT
Woman Denied Damages in Death of Husband

The Tenth Avenue bridge is not the antiquated structure it was pictured by Mrs. Andrea H. Tracey, 3815 Forty seventh avenue S., the state supreme court contended today in a 5 to 2 decision upholding the Hennepin county district court's refusal to grant her $75,000 in her damage suit brought against the city after her husband was killed in a fall from the bridge.
Mrs. Tracey's husband was riding in an automobile which collided with a car driven by Walter Storey, 4255 Grand avenue, on Aug. 17, 1929. The car in which he was riding plunged through the bridge railing and dropped 60 feet to the river, while the Storey automobile stopped at the curb. Tracey and the other occupant of the car were killed and Tracey's widow got $1,750 damages from Storey. The collision, and not the 57-year old bridge, was the cause of the fatality. the majority ruling of the supreme court held.

The Minneapolis Star (Minneapolis, Minnesota)
Fri, Feb 26, 1932 ·Page 14.⁸

     Cynthia Tracey is the daughter of Robert Byron Tracey and Delores Darlene Love. Cynthia Tracey married Bill (?)

     Darrell Leroy Tracey was born on 20 January 1933 at Brewster, Okanogan Co., Washington. He was the son of Dewey Florence Tracey and Lola Blanche Speed. Darrell Leroy Tracey married Mary Louise Mack on 16 October 1951. Darrell Leroy Tracey died on 1 August 2004 at Napa, Napa Co., California, at age 71. He immigrated in 1976 to São Paulo, Franca, São Paulo, Brazil.