Hi! This isn't exactly an obituary, but it does tell about the death of this poor fellow. - Jean Griesan Colorado Sad Accident - A Runaway and its Fatal Effects. Last Saturday afternoon, the horses attached to Leo Eberts beer wagon ran off, in West Ironton, and so injured the driver, Mr. Joseph Waits, that he died at 3 o'clock on Sunday evening. It seems that Mr. Waits was in the act of getting on the wagon and stepping on the double-tree missed his footing and fell among the horses feet, which scared them so that they started to run at a furious rate. Mr. Waits in his fall became entangled in the lines and was dragged some distance, and the wheels passed over his breast and bowels, causing such injuries internally as to cause death, as above stated. He leaves a wife and three children. The horses, after running a short distance, were easily stopped, but not until after one wheel of the wagon was broken to pieces. The deceased was an honest, industrious man, and his untimely and sudden taking off caused much grief among his relatives and friends. Ironton Journal, May 19, 1869