Jasper County Democrat, Volume 12, Number 22, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 19 June 1909 — MONON TRAIN KILLS BABY. [ARTICLE]

MONON TRAIN KILLS BABY.

Infant Son of Daniel Chupp of Near Surrey Run Over Thursday Aft* ernoon. /\The 18-months-old eon of Mr. tanH Mrs. Daniel Chupp who reside near the railroad between Surrey and Parr, was run over and killed by- the 3:17 mail train Thursday afternoon. Unnoticed by his mother, the baby had strayed away just a few minutes before the train was due, and as the house stands only a few v yards from the track, the boy reached the crossing at almost the same time as the train and may have been caught in the cattle guards that protect the crossing, as one of its shoes was found therein. Engineer Cullen saw the child too late to stop, and the babe was ground to pieces beneath the wheels. The right arm was cut off between the elbow and wrist and the forehead from the left eye crushed. Otherwise tha. body was not'badly mutilat*dLd|F C-The mother had just started a search when the train came to a stop a few yards over the crossing and the train men alighted to pick up the remains. ' The accident Is

one of the most terrible that ever happened in the county. The funeral will be held to-day and inter-’ ment made in the Dunkard cemeJtery.