Elmer Ernst - line 38

Source - Year: 1910; Census Place: Rock Falls, Holt, Nebraska; Roll: T624_848; Page: 1A; Enumeration District: 0141; FHL microfilm: 1374861

Source - World War I Draft Registration Cards, 1917-1918; Registration Location: O'Neill, Holt, Nebraska; Roll: 1711697; Draft Board: 0.

Elmer Ernst - line 9

Source - Year: 1920; Census Place: Rock Falls, Holt, Nebraska; Roll: T625_993; Page: 1A; Enumeration District: 153

Source - South Dakota Marriages, 1905-1949

An automobile accident one mile north of here Monday killed Elmer "Red" Ernst, 38, Holt county road workman, and injured three others.

Sheriff Peter Duffy said Ernst's car collided with the parked car in which Mr. and Mrs. Charles Novak of Bristow were riding. Mr. Novak suffered a compound leg fracture, and Mrs. Novak serious bruises. Freddie Tenberg, 25, of Emmet, riding with Ernst, escaped with slight injuries.

J. D. Cronin, coroner, indicated an inquest will be held. Lights on the Novak car had failed, causing it to be stopped, Sheriff Duffy said.

Inquest Postponed

O'NEILL, Neb., Oct. 25

Holt county coroner J. D. Cronin said today he has postponed for a week an inquest into the death of Elmer Ernst, Holt county road workman killed in an automobile accident near here yesterday. Funeral services for Ernst will be held here tomorrow. His widow and three daughters survive.

Source - Lincoln Star - Oct 24 & 25, 1938

Source - Photo courtesy of Find a Grave member #47832856.