Trousdale, Walter J. (d. 1935)

Mennonite Weekly Review obituary: 1935 Dec 11 p. 5

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— People of Newton were shocked early Tuesday morning to hear that one of the city commissioners, Walter J. Trousdale, was instantly killed in an automobile accident which had happened in the earlier hours of the night. While on the way back from Wichita Mr. Trousdale's car crashed into the heavy timbers extending from the rear of a truck which was driving on the road ahead of him. Since h was alone in the car, the cause of the accident is hard to determine. The impact of the crash caused the heavy timbers to pass through the whole body of the car, mutilating Mr. Trousdale to such an extent that death must have been instantaneous. Nearly an hour was required to extricate him from the wreckage.

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Mennonite Weekly Review obituary: 1935 Dec 18 p. 5

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— Kansas’ governor Alf Landon was in Newton last Friday afternoon to attend the funeral of Walter J. Trousdale, his close friend, who had been killed in an automobile accident earlier in the week. Gov. Landon is a man of medium stature, is mild mannered, and made his visit here in an inauspicious and modest way. This is of particular interest since he has recently become nationally prominent as a presidential possibility. A national poll taken by newspapers in every state gives him second place while President Roosevelt still leads the list by a small margin.