Jasper County Democrat, Volume 13, Number 62, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 12 November 1910 — RUN OVER BY CARS. [ARTICLE]

RUN OVER BY CARS.

Sad Death of Son-In-Law of W. R. Nowels at Crestline, O. t Tuesday. j\Mr. and Mrs. W. R. Nowels, foh Vem and Mr. and Mrs. Ray D. Thompson were called to Plymouth Wednesday by the death the day before of James G. »McGimpsey, a son-in-law of Mr. Nowels, who was killed at Crestline, Ohio, by being run over by a train on which he was one of the six mail clerks. The report of me accident which we copy from a Plymouth paper is incorrect so far as his jumping from the train is concerned. His run regularly Was from Chicago to Pittsburg, on

j the Pennsylvania lines, and he | had taken another clerks run to i Crestline so the clerk who was ! relieved could vote. The train was late in running info CrestI line-and was pulling in at a pretty fast clip. McGimpsey was , preparing to jump from the mail car as soon as the train stopped, ; and|l ad caught hold of the hand ; rail* at the side of the door with ' his back toward the front of the train. A truck load of trunks on theiplatforml with one trunk extenffing out farther than the rest he Jlid not see. and this trunk stnffck him in the side, broke his on the hand rail and he was thrown under the train and instantly killed. • Mr. McGimpsey *s former home wa# at Medaryville but he had attßided school in Rensselaer the time of his marriage to Ifiss Lillian Nowels he was teaching school at Flora, where thagNowels family was then livingj He was highly respected at Plymouth, where he had a nice hotrie, and his tragic death cast a g|oom over the entire communHis wife has been completely jproptrated since the accident. The following is the account published in a Plymouth paper: A gloom was cast over Plymouth yesterday when news came that James G. McGimpsey had been run over and killed by a passenger train In Crestline, Ohio. He remained In Plymouth to vote and was making an extra run east when the accident oocured. From reports it seems he had jumped off a moving train and ran into a truck which he did not see and was knocked under the wheels of the train. Mr. McGimpsey was born April 1, 1875 in Medaryville, Ind., where his mother still resides. He attended normal school in Valparaiso and for a while after was a school teacher and for the last six years has been engaged in the railway mail service. About five years ago he was married by Rev. F. O. Fraley to the wife who survives him. She was a teacher in Flora at the time. He moved with his wife to our city and has lived here ever since. Yue deceased was a member of Kulghts of Pythias and Masonic : Loises and took an active part in ; flfs work. He was a member of J tM St. Thomas Episcopal church of j this city, He is well known here having made many friends by hi 6 kind, genial ways. M>r. McGimpsey leaves a wife and two children, a boy, Alfred, about 4 years old and a 6-months old girl. Mrs. Pearl Young, a sister, lives in Medaryville with his mother. The body was brought home this morning and services will be held at the home on North Michigan street Thursday afternoon at 2 o’clock, RevF. O. Fraley and Rev. B. F. Tvins officiating. Interment will be made iu Oak Hill cemetery and railway mail carriers will act as pallbearers. The Masonic lodge will participate in the last rites.