Evening Republican, Volume 16, Number 26, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 30 January 1912 — MORE INFORMATION ABOUT ELMER DICKINSON’S DEATH. [ARTICLE]

MORE INFORMATION ABOUT ELMER DICKINSON’S DEATH.

Believed to Have Been Hit by Another Train in the Yards on Northwestern Railroad. While »he exact manner by whidh Elmer Dickinson met his death near Belle Plaine, lowa, will probably never be known, the. relatives have learned enough to figure out a plausible manner of the accident. For some time he bad been working on a farm near Hudson, lowa, which is only about 40 miles from Belle Plaine. He had written his sister, Mrs. Blanche King, at Niantic, 11l some time ago that be was coming to visit her and other relatives. Last Wednesday he purchased a ticket at Hudson for Chicago. When the yards, about a mile out of Belle Plaine, were reached, the train stopped and felmer got off the train. The conductor recalled after the accident that he had seen him but paid no attention. It is presumed that he thought he was at the station. Another train going in the opposite direction passed the train he had been riding on at this point and that is thought to have been the train that struck him. As stated in the previous article, the young man lay exposed to the cold weather fronyl2:3o or 1 o’clock until the next morning and was still alive when found but only lived a short time. He was able to say that his father lived at Oneida, N. Y. Mr. Dickinson was notified and he informed other .relatives by telegraph and also Undertaker Wright, of Rensselaer. Martin King, his bro-ther-in-law, of Niantic, 111., immediately went to Belle Plaine and arranged to have the body shipped here for bprial and the same took place Monday, the body being laid to rest beside his mother in the Egypt cemetery. There was found in his pockets $390, while in the palm of one hand Inside his glove two S2O bills were found. The back of his head was considerably Injured, his face slightly cut and bruised and his right arm and hand crushed below the elbow. Relatives sent to Hudson, lowa, to ascertain whether he’ had any property there and were Informed that his trupk containing valuable papers was there. The trunk has been ordered sent here. Elmer Dickinson will be remembered by many people here, where he was regarded as being an exemplary young man. Evidently he' had lived frugally in the west as be had saved considerable money. His funeral Monday was attended by his sinter, Mrs. King and husband, of Niantic, Ill.; another sister, Mrs. Mae Farmer, of Logansport; and another sister, Miss Carrie Dickinson, of Oneida, N- Y. The latter will remain here for a visit of, a month or more. Mrs. Farmer returned home ness of her husband’s brother. Mrs. B. R.|Amsler is a cousin of the deceases young and following the death of Mrs. Reuben Dickinson, in 1892, the Dickinson child ren had largely made their home with Mr. and Mrs. Amsler.