Jasper County Democrat, Volume 7, Number 1, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 9 April 1904 — INDIANS IN A WRECK [ARTICLE]

INDIANS IN A WRECK

Three of Them Killed, Three Fatally Hart and Twenty Other* Severely Wounded. Chicago, April B.—As the “Oregon Flyer” on the Northwestern railway was stopping because of fog in Melrose Park It was rtin into by tbe fast mail, telescoping the rear car in which were sixty-three Indians connected with Buffalo BilFs Wild West show. The casualties were: Dead) —Killed Head, Phillip Iron Tail, Jr., and Thos. Comes Last, all crushed to death. Fatally hurt: Big Chief White Horse, Luther Standing Back and Annie Gooseface. Twenty others were injured, two or three of whom may die. There was a failure of the block signals.