Evening Republican, Volume 16, Number 25, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 29 January 1912 — ON WAY TO RENSSELAER; MET DEATH IN IOWA. [ARTICLE]

ON WAY TO RENSSELAER; MET DEATH IN IOWA.

George E. Dickinson Killed by Train While Coming Back Here to Visit Old Home. The body of George Elmer Dickinson, son of Reuben Dickinson, and a former resident of Jasper county, was brought here Saturday night and the funeral conducted from the M. E. church by Rev. Harper this Monday morning. Dickinson had been in the west for the past six or eight years and it is presumed was on his way home for a visit. The particulars of his death or the accident that led up to It are unknown. He was found near the railroad track at the city of Belle Plaine, lowa, last Wednesday morning. In his pocket was found S3BO and a ticket entitling him to passage to Chicago. He had evidently fallen from a passenger train that passed through that city e.t about 1 o’clock that morning. He was not dead when found but died coon afterward. He was able to inform those who eared for him that his father, Reuben Dickinson, lived in Oneida, N, ¥. He was notified by telegram and made arrangements to have the body brought here for burial. Miss Carrie Dickinson, of Oneida, came here to attend the funeral, as did also Mrs. Mae Dickinson Farmer, of Logansport, another sister. It is hoped to learn more of the particulars of the young man’s death within a few days.