Evening Republican, Volume 15, Number 180, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 1 August 1911 — BOYS’ BODIES SENT TO HOSES. [ARTICLE]

BOYS’ BODIES SENT TO HOSES.

Indiana Youths Moot Tragic Deaths While Stealing Ride. Lafayette, Ind., July 31.—The bodies of Herman Clapper, 19 years old, of Mulberry, find Harry Rothenberger, : 22 years old, of West Lafayette, who were killed in the Illinois Central yards at Pullman, 111., Saturday night, arrived tonight. The two boys left last Friday, and were attempting to board a train for Chicago when they became confused in the railroad yards and stepped directly in front of a north bound train. The first report received by relatives here was that only Clapper wds killed. Mrs. William Dodson, sister of Rothenberger, this afternoon received word that her brother also was Allied.