Evening Republican, Volume 19, Number 18, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 21 January 1915 — BOY OF TWELVE FLAGS TRAIN [ARTICLE]

BOY OF TWELVE FLAGS TRAIN

Youngster Merely Wished to Inquire of Conductor If His Mother Were on Board. Henry Falk, twelve years old, held up the Chicago and Afton limited at the Alton bridge. The train was running about forty-five miles an hour, but the engineer put on the brakes when he saw the lad in the middle of the track frantically waving a red flag. Conductor J. E. Williams, trainmen and some inquisitive passengers ran along the track certain that at the least the bridge had gone. “Is my mother on the train?” asked Henry. “Is my mother on board? She was coming from Chicago today—” and that was as far as he got What Williams said as he climbed on board was not really fit for youthful ears.—• St. Louis Dispatch to Philadelphia Inquirer.