Evening Republican, Volume 20, Number 296, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 12 December 1916 — MET TRAGIC DEATH BY MONON TRAIN [ARTICLE]

MET TRAGIC DEATH BY MONON TRAIN

Unidentified Man Killed In Monon Yards at Monon Sunday; Arms and Legs Were Cut Off. An unidentified man, dead and horribly mangled, was fohnd early Sunday morning by the night switching crew in the Monon yards at Monon. Both of his legs and his right arm were severed and death was instantaneous. He had the appearance of being about 25 or 80 years of age. That Whiskey may have contributed td his death is surmised by the fact that he had two flasks on his pefson, one of which was broken when he was killed. \ The other was full and intact.

From’ the evidence deduced at an inquest by Coroner Gable, who went to Monon early Sunday morning, it appears that the man was killed by the southbound train that passes through this city at 1:38. Whether he was riding the train or was struck by it while he was on the track will always probably remain a mystery. There was very little of value in the man’s pockets and nothing by which he could be identified. Inside the shoes which were on the severed feet there was a dealer’s lable, which indicated that the shoes had been purchased in LaPorte. Using this crew, the coroner telegraphed to LaPorte a description of the man to the chief of police to see if he could be identified, but as yet he has not been. Indications were that the felloe was a painter.