Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 36, Number 102, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 19 August 1904 — Monon Brakesman Killed. [ARTICLE]

Monon Brakesman Killed.

Ed Moyer, of Michigan City, a brakeman on Monon freight No. was killed at the crossing two miles south of Brookston this Wednesday morning at 1 o’clock, The body, which was badly mangled, was taken to Brookston and was placed in the depot to await the action of the coroner. Moyer Was about twenty-five years old and leaves a widow, whom he married about six months ago. It is supposed that he was knocked from the train, but the members of the crew do not know in what manner.