Evening Republican, Volume 16, Number 63, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 13 March 1912 — BOY KILLED BY TRAIN AT ROSELAWN STATION. [ARTICLE]

BOY KILLED BY TRAIN AT ROSELAWN STATION.

John Rose, of Jeffersonville, Crushed Between Two Vestlbuled Coaches .of Monon Train No. 5. A young man named John Rose, 18 years of age, was killed at the Roselawn station Wednesday morning. He was stealing a ride on passenger train No. 5, and was riding in ‘the vestibule between the first and second coaches. He was on the left side and a traveling companion named John Harfigan, of Chicago, wps on the right side. The train backed up and young Hartigan jumped and saved himself. Rose was caught' between the- cars and his head crushed. He lived only a few minutes. Rose and Hartigan had been together only a few days, having met in Chicago. They started for Jeffersonville, where Rose’s widowed mother lived, Tuesday night, and were put off a train at South Hammond. There they boarded No. 5 and reached Roselawn in safety. A number of people were at the station in Roselawn whjen the accident occurred. Rose’s body was taken into .the station and a telegram sent to Jeffersonyllle to have his, r mother informed. He was killed)in just the same manner that the Sweet boy, of Lafayette, was killed in Rensselaer about five weeks ago.