Evening Republican, Volume 59, Number 66, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 9 April 1917 — Colored Man is Killed By Train at Delphi. [ARTICLE]

Colored Man is Killed By Train at Delphi.

The lifeless body of, Henrv Johnson, colored, was found beside the Wabash railroad tracks near West Point Sunday morning at 5:30 o’clock by the crew of an east-bound freight train. Johnson’s identity was established by a letter found in his pockets from his niece, Margaret, who requested ham to came home. The letter was written from Brookport, 111., and dated March 20, 1917. It is thought the unfortunate man was on his way to Brookport when he fell from a train and was killed.