Evening Republican, Volume 18, Number 74, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 27 March 1914 — MAN KILLED AT REYNOLDS WEDNESDAY [ARTICLE]

MAN KILLED AT REYNOLDS WEDNESDAY

Jesse Payne, Who Was Moving " From Washington Connty to Remington Met Sudden Death.

Monticello Journal. Jesse Payne, of South Boston, Washington county, was killed almost instantly at Reynolds Wednesday evening. He was in transit with a freight carload of his household goods and farming implements from the southern part of the state to Remington. His car had been shunted in oh the “Y” for transfer to the Pennsylvania lines. The door of the car was open and he was standing in it looking out. The local freight crew was busy making up their train and backed in on the “Y”, making a running switch and, id so doing, they struck a blow hard enough to cause the car door to shove shut, catching Mr Payne and crushing his head and bruising his body. He lived only a short while. Coroner Gable was called at once and after his inquest the body was prepared for shipment to his father, S. N. Payne, of Remington. The blow struck was so hard that

it dented in the case of a gold watch which Mr. Payne had in his pocket. Mr. Payne was at one time a teacher and had been a student in the Danville Normal. Of late he had been farming in Washington county.