He was born in Corder, Missouri, Lafayette County Cause of death: William and a friend where returning home after afishing trip when they came upon a traveling Rodeo show that had somelong horn cattle. The site of these strange animals excited the pony.The pony reared up. Throwing Williams friend and the pony dragged Williamand the pony cart more then 30 feet. William died that night frominternal injuries to the chest that resulted in is cause of death. Theaccident also caused William to have a heart attack. ObitRichmond NewsDeath in RunawayWilliam Denning Fatally Injured When Pony Is Frightened Died Last Night Andy Meyers in Buggy Also Injured But Not Seriously. William Denning, 55 years old, 421 Jabez street, was fatallyinjured and Andy Meyers, also of Richmond, was badly bruised when abuggy, in which they were riding, overturned among a group of frightenedlong horned cattle, in front of the Watkins's farm, on the new highway toHenrietta, about 2:30 o'clock yesterday afternoon. Mr. Denning died at his home at 8:45 o'clock last night as aresult of the injuries. His injuries consisted of a crushed chest andback and a busted vessel on the side of his temple. Mr. Meyers' injuries are not serious. A badly bruised armis said to be the worst injury he received.The victims of the accident were returning from a fishingtrip. They were riding in a small buggy drawn by a Shetland pony.Arriving at a point in front of the Wilkins's farm on the new highway toHenrietta, a group of long-horned cattle that had just been unloaded atthe depot and were being driven to Hamilton park as a part of a comingrodeo program were encountered. Frightened at the sight of the milling,unfamiliar long-horns, the Shetland pony swerved suddenly to one side ofthe road, overturning the buggy and dragging the occupants under thecarriage for a distance of about 30 feet.NewsArticle: The man were aided in extricating the (Unable to read) fromthe wreck and Mr. Denning was taken home in a motorcar by Carl McGaugh.Reaching his home, the fatally wounded man walked, unaidedinto his home and told his family of the accident.A physician was called. Gradually the man's condition becamemore serious and, after telling his wife he was going to die, he passedaway at 8:45 o'clock. Besides his wife, Mrs. Mary Denning, deceased is survived byfour daughters, Mattie and Grace Denning, of home address, Mrs. BrackJohnson, of Richmond, and Mrs. Mack Kraft, of Henrietta; five sons,Irvin, George, Charles, John and William.Funeral services will he held from the home Sundayafternoon.The deceased was born at Corder, Mo. April 15 1869 and hasbeen resident of Richmond for 40 years. He was a retired miner.