Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 41, Number 83, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 6 July 1909 — Officially Ignored. [ARTICLE]

Officially Ignored.

On the relief train that had been rushed to the scene of the railway wreck whs a newspaper reporter. The first victim he was a man whose eyes were' in mourning and whose left arm was in a sling. With Ms hair full of dirt, one end of his shirt collar flying loose and his coat ripped up the back, the victim was sitting on the grass and serenely contemplating the landscape. “How many people are hurt?” asked the reporter, hurrying up to him. “I haven’t heard of any body being hurt, young man,” said the other. “How did this wreck happen?” “I haven’t heard of any wreck.” “You haven’t. Who are you anyhow?” “I don’t know that it is any of your business, but I’m the claim agent of the road.”—Chicago Tribune.