Jasper County Democrat, Volume 14, Number 83, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 27 January 1912 — TRAINMEN MAY BE PROSECUTED [ARTICLE]

TRAINMEN MAY BE PROSECUTED

State’s Attorney Says Criminal Action is Likely. AFTERMATH OF I. G. WRECK Body of Vice President Melcher of Rock Island Cremated in Chicago—Late J. T. Harahan Buried ih Memphis.

Champaign, 111., Jan. 26. —State’s Attorney W. D. Farthing said here that In view of the finding of the board investigating the Kinmundy wreck on the Illinois Central, which resulted in the death of four railroad officials, criminal proceedings against three members of the tfain creWs were likely, 7 Farthing said that should the coroner’s inquest at Centralia result in a similar finding he would consult officials about bringing action. Although the official report does not suggest any criminal action, the findings of the investigators have been turned over to the state’s attorney. Reports of officlals-of the interstate commerce commiEsion and the Illinois railroad and warehouse commission are expected to be made soon. .These reports also will be turned over to the prosecutor. The body of F. O. Melcher, second vice president of the Rock Island system, who with Harahan was killed in the Illinois Central wreck, was cremated at Graceland cemetery In Chicago. The'-body of Mr. Harahan arrived in Memphis, Tenn., and was buried in the family lot in that city. The funeral services were held In Chicago.