Jasper County Democrat, Volume 20, Number 17, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 26 May 1917 — TRAMP KILLED NEAR CONRAD [ARTICLE]

TRAMP KILLED NEAR CONRAD

Nothing Found by Which He Could Be Identified. W. J. Wright received word Tuesday afternoon to come to Conrad in Newton county and take charge of the remains of a tramp that had been killed by a New York Central freight train. The man was lying beside the track and was dead when found. Both legs been cut off a few inches above the knees and tie was otherwise bruised and cut lip. He had lost one leg previous to this and used a peg leg below the knee, which led to the belief that he was a professional tramp. He was about 35 years old and smooth shaven. Other than a pair of spectacles and a ring nothing was found on his person. Coroner Best of county held an inquest and the’ verdict was that the man came to his death by falling from a moving train. The body was brought to this city and buried in Weston cemetery Wednesday. * • •