Rensselaer Journal, Volume 10, Number 48, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 9 May 1901 — Brakeman Killed by Trumps. [ARTICLE]

Brakeman Killed by Trumps.

Some vicious tramps who were ordered off a Chicago, Burlington and Quincy train at Tennessee, 111., turned upon Conductor James Wade and Brakeman A. C. Larkins, stunning the former with a revolver and shooting Larkins through the heart. Larkins’ body was taken to Galesburg where his wife and child live. The conductor says the attack was entirely unexpected. The tramps escaped, but suspects are under arrest