Evening Republican, Volume 20, Number 165, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 12 July 1916 — Stranger Killed By Monon Freight Train Near Chalmers. [ARTICLE]

Stranger Killed By Monon Freight Train Near Chalmers.

A stranger who was identified by property on his person as E. C. Shaw, of LaCrosse, Wis., was found dead along the right-of-way of the Monon railroad near Chalmers Monday morning between 9 and 10 o’clock. The body was discovered lying on the east side of the track by the crew of the local freight No. 54, northbound, in charge of Conductor Lister. The train was run on to Relnolds, where the conductor wired the dispatcher at Lafayette for orders in reference to the disposal of the body. He was ordered to take it back to Chalmers.