Evening Republican, Volume 18, Number 73, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 26 March 1914 — Charley Murray Was Crushed Between Train and Track. [ARTICLE]

Charley Murray Was Crushed Between Train and Track.

Charley Newman Murray, who lost his life in the depot at Spokane, Wash., Wednesday of last week, was buried in the Barkley cemetery Tuesday afternoon, services having been conducted by Rev. W’ G. Winn, of the Rensselaer Christian church at 3 o’clock that afternoon. The particulars of his death were conveyed in a newspaper clipping sent from Spokane by Mrs. Hale Grant. Charley had been working for about a week-tor the Great Northern Express Co. His employment was moving express packages in the depot on large trucks, putting the baggage on and taking it from the trains. It seems that freight trains run through or past the passenger depot and Charley was pulling a heavy truck alongside a passenger train. One end of the truck extended over the parallel track and a freight train running past struck the truck and pushed it forward, crushing Charley between the truck and the passenger train. He lived_only a half hour. His age was 31 years, 1 month and 20 days. He was unmarried. Charley’s name was Charles Newman, but he was raised by Wallace Murray and always went by the name of Charley Murray, in fact, was legally adopted under that name. He had been away from Rensselaer for about ten years, having gone first to Oklahoma and remaining there during the time that Sam English and Wallace Murray lived there.

There is a probability that the railroad company will be liable for his death and this will be investigated by relatives.