Sutton, Neb., Aug. 9.--Nine-year-old Otto Griess, was killed instantly early this morning as a result of an automobile accident a mile east of Sutton at 8 o'clock last night. Gertrude Griess aged 7, and John Griess, who was driving the car, are seriously hurt and may die. Mrs. Bauer, the other occupant of the car, escaped with only a bruised eye.

    According to the story told by Mrs. Bauer, Griess was driving the automobile, a Hudson, at a speed approximating fifty miles an hour, in an attempt to overtake and pass another machine some distance ahead on the road. In some way he lost control of the car, which overturned, pinning the occupants beneath. Griess has been unconscious since the accident.

    Mr. Bauer had lived in Sutton all his life, and was the proprietor of the moving picture theatre there. He was about 37 years old.

The Lincoln Daily Star (Lincoln, Nebraska) August 9, 1916
Transcribed and submitted by:   Ida Maack Recu

TWO MEN KILLED AT SUTTON
C. J. BAUER AND OTTO GRIESS DIE FROM AUTO ACCIDENT
Five Others Hurt When Car Turned Turtle One Mile East of That Town.

Sutton, Nebr., Aug. 9.--Two persons were killed and five injured in an auto accident a mile east of Sutton between 7 and 8 o'clock last night, when the car driven by John G. Griess turned turtle.  C. J. Bauer, moving picture show proprietor here, was so badly injured that he died at 5 o'clock this morning. The other victim, four-year-old Otto Griess, was killed instantly.

John G. Griess, who was driving the car, had his right arm fractured above the wrist, his shoulder dislocated and probably fractured. He is still only partly conscious but it is believed he will recover.
Mrs. John G. Griess was bruised but not seriously hurt. Harold Griess suffered a fractured leg and some bruises, but it is believed he is not internally injured. Miss Gertrude Griess was badly bruised, her right hip was fractured, and a bad cut sustained above the eye and the portion of the skull above the eye fractured. Mrs. C. J. Bauer, wife of the man who was killed, was severely bruised.

Mr. Griess was taking Mr. and Mrs. Bauer and his own family out in the new car which he had just purchased. They were driving about eight miles an hour when another machine passed them. Mr. Griess decided to go faster and tried to pass this car, which he did. But in doing so he ran off the road and struck a culvert. He regained the road again, but the car was not completely under his control, swaying and angling across the road. Part of the time it was traveling on only two wheels, then it turned turtle, rolling over twice. The car was badly damaged.

Lincoln Daily News (Lincoln, Nebraska) August 9, 1916
Transcribed and submitted by:   Ida Maack Recu