Evening Republican, Volume 18, Number 65, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 17 March 1914 — Trespassers on Monon Right- Of-Way are Liable to Arrest. [ARTICLE]

Trespassers on Monon Right-Of-Way are Liable to Arrest.

Boys or others who trespass on the right-of-way of railroads are liable to arrest and prosecution. In Rensselaer there has been a flagrant disregard of the rights of the railroad and it is said that recently boys have stolen corn from loaded cars along the track. This Tuesday morning when the local freight made a coupling with a string oif cars it was discovered that the coupling pins had been -drawn on all of the cars, which caused a lot of trouble to the trainmen, and, as it was raining, the brakeman who made the couplings got quite a soaking before he completed the job. He was naturally somewhat peeved and threatened to employ .his No. 10 on any boy caught in the act of pulling coupling pins. It is not improbable that a detective of the company will be asked to come here and if one is sent he will make it expensive fun for the trespassers.