Rensselaer Republican, Volume 20, Number 21, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 26 January 1888 — Killed at Guernsey. [ARTICLE]

Killed at Guernsey.

A fatal accident that occured at Guernsey, the next station beyond Monon, on the.L., N. A. <fc C. Ry., on Wednesday afternoon, of last week, is thus by the MohftcelhfXemoc rat? Wednesday afternoon, when the north bound Air Line pAsfc'onger train whistled for Guernsey, at which station mail trains do not stop, William Whitcher darted out of F. M. Hanaway’s store with a mail pouch and undeitook to reach the depot ahead of the cars. Though the ground is level and his view was comparatively free fiom obstructions, young Whitcher ran hi’s best a distance of 300 yards to writs the drain, apparently failing to realize that he was rushing into the jaws of death. The engine struck him as he attempted to cross the track, breaking his arms and back and crushing his chest The: train men, hoping to obtain medical aid for the unfortunate young man, placed him in the baggage ear, where be died before the train Teathed Monon.