Surnames: HASS

----Source: Loyal Tribune 09 October 1930

Hass, Frank W. (? - 4 OCT 1930)

FRANK HASS ELECTROCUTED

F. W. Hass, who resides in the town of Hull, one and one-quarter miles south of Cherokee, died instantly Saturday afternoon as the result of being executed by a charge from a high line, owned by the Northern States Power Company, through which 6,900 volts of electricity passes constantly. The accident happened at the Hass home where Mr. Hass and Will Zarnke, Sr., a neighbor, were erecting a line fence. As the land was hilly, Mr. Hass secured a long steel pole, a part of one of these "V" shaped braces used for windmills and called "angle irons", tied a red handkerchief to one end and was going to poke the other end into the ground so that they would have a mark to guide them in building the fence. Unfortunately, however, as Mr. Hass raised the pole, it came in contact with the high line wires and sent an electrical currant through him. He dropped the pole, fell into Mr. Zarnke’s arms and cried "Oh, my." He breathed a few minutes but passed away before Dr. A. Schemmer, who was called. Arrived.

Funeral services were held Tuesday afternoon at one o’clock at the Zion Lutheran church, Rev. O. Hoffman officiating, and interment was made in the Colby cemetery.  Colby Phonograph.