Jasper County Democrat, Volume 15, Number 32, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 24 July 1912 — GENERAL AND STATE NEWS [ARTICLE]

GENERAL AND STATE NEWS

Telegraphic Reports from Many Parts of tho Country SHORT HITS OF THE UNUSUAL Happenings in Distant and Nearby Cities and Towns—Matters of Minor Mention from Many Places. HOME ON “BUMPERS” DEAD

Albert Sowders Returns From a Trip to Chicago. Indianapolis, Ind., July 18.— When a Monon baggage and mail car were uncoupled at the union station, early this morning, the dead body of Albert Sowders, seventeen year old son of William Sowders, 150 North Alabama street, was found by a railroad employe. The head was badly crushed. J't is not known how long Sowders had been dead. The young man was coming from Chicago to Indianapolis, and was riding tho vestibule “bumpers.” He left homo about a week ago, telling members of his family that he was gqing to Chicago '“to see the town.” Up to that time he had been working at Beech Grove. The ybung man’s father received a letter from his son, saying -that he would be home some time to-day. Besides his father and mother, Sowders is survived by two brothers and two sisters.