Jasper County Democrat, Volume 20, Number 17, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 26 May 1917 — THREE DIE IN RACING AUTOS [ARTICLE]

THREE DIE IN RACING AUTOS

Xwb Cars Filled With Young Men Crash Into Side of FastMoving Train. I Bourbon, Ind. May 25. —Two racing Automobiles filled with young men (crashed into the side of a Pennsylvania train going- 50 miles an hour here, killing three persons instantly and injuring others. The automobiles were being raced Uown Main street at a terrific rate of ■Speed, and when they crashed into the train they were reduced ulnlost to splinters. Neal Bowman, nineteen; Glen Rose, nineteen, and Walter Shakes, twenty-two, were killed. All the young men were from well-known families.