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Springfield Victim Battles 

 . for Life After Stunt 

 Accident 



SPRINGFIELD, Sept. 20 (AP)— Helll- 

 rich Ackenhausen. 30, substitute "hu- 

 man cannonball." was hoveringjjetweto 

 life and death in a local hospital today 

 as the result of an accident that at- 

 tended his act at the Eastern States 

 Exposition late yesterday, when, instead 

 of being projected from the huge can- 

 non and landing in a net, something 

 went wrong with the "thriller" and 

 Ackcnhausen hung half out of the 

 muzzle and drooped limly to the ground 

 whe nthe gun was lowered from the 

 firing position. He suffered a fractured 

 skull and Jaw and serious head lacer- 

 ations and his name was at once 

 placed on the danger list at the hos- 

 pital. 



Aokenhausen had been substituting 

 for about four weeks for Capt. Wllhelra 

 Wilmo, who suffered a broken arm 

 while doing the same stunt at Syracuse, 

 N. Y., and who was helping to operate 

 the apparatus yesterday. Because of 

 the accident victim's condition it has 

 not yet been determined exactly what 

 led to his injuries, but it was apparent 

 that his head came in contact with the 

 barrel of the cannon when the spring 

 was releasr^d Hiat projected him from 

 it. Ackenhausen's home is in Hanover 

 Germany. 



