Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 35, Number 85, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 30 June 1903 — One Victim Identified. [ARTICLE]

One Victim Identified.

One of the bodies of the three men who were killed in the Monon wreck at Ash Grove Thursday morning has been identified as that of W. N. Smith of Madison, 111. He had papers in his pocket that led to bis identity and it is believed that he was a member of the Uniform Rank, R. of P„ at Madison. He had over $lO on his person and other indications pointed 4o the faot that he was of better standing than the ordinary tramp. It was impossible to identify the other twe bodies. A card found f on'one of the other bodies had the name of Fred Drisooll upon it, but nothing further is known about him. The third may have been a son of an policeman named Irish, as his exaot whereabouts were not known and a card found on the body bearing the name “Irish,” and the body answers the'desoription of the young man.