Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1899-09-19
A RECRUIT 5 SAD End
J. R. Lloyd, Of Dallas Center, Falls
From Flying Train and is
Killed.
Accident Happened Near Union on
tho Iowa Central Had Joined
the Army.
Was on His Way to Fort Leav.
observation-disclosures of
Accident.
pecial to Times-Republican.

Union, Sept. l9.-One of the most |
shocking accidents that has ever occur
red in this vicinity was the killing of
a young soldier, volunteer for service
in the Philippines, yesterday afternoon
at about 4:40 O'clock. John Ralph
Lloyd, OF Dallas Center, aged IS years
and 10 months, met his death by being
knocked from the Iowa Central passen-
ger train No. 2, which left this place at
4:40.
Lloyd has been working for the Cen
trail on one of the section gangs out of
Rockwell, but on Friday last gave upl
his work to enlist as a Philippine re-
cruit with First Lieut.. O. r. Perry, of
the Forty-fourth United States volun-
teers, who has been recruiting at Ma
son City. Saturday he took his physi-
cal examination and was sworn into the
service of the United States, and, in
company with Lieut.. Perry and three
other "Reminiscences l.. Kleist, of
| Wooden; Robert o. Griffin, of Overton,
Texas, who has also been working at
Rockwell, and Harry w. Hill, of Manly
was en- route to Fort Leavenworth,
kas., via Marshalltown.
| Lloyd was in rollicking frame of
mind on the train and. with Hill and
Griffin. was standing on the platform of
| the coach when the train left the sta
| ton. About three-quarters of a mile
south of here the Central crosses the
Iowa river, and as the train was cross
ing the bridge, moving at rate of
about forty miles an hour, in some man
1 ner, almost unaccountabIe, Lloyd leaned
III II
side rods, and was struck by one of the
| bridge timbers and hurled with ter
rife force into either the river or under
the wheels-at that time unknown. Con-
ductor Voorhies, of the train, was noti-
fed at once. but as Liscomb was being
approached nothing was done until the
train reached that point. The operator
there was notified and the accident re-
4 ported to headquarters, resulting in
1 Conductor Keefe, in charge of No. 81,
\ being sent back to the scene of the ac-
cident to search for the remains. The
body was found on the bridge lodged
4 between the side rods and timbers and
Il caught about the region of the abdo-
men. The body was so tightly lodged
that 1t took four men to release it. Life
was extinct and a cash about two inch
es in length on the right side Of the
forehead showed what had caused it
The scalp could be moved back, reveal
ing fracture of about an inch and q
! half in length. Otherwise the body
: was not mutilated, excepting that the
left jaw was broken.
: Conductor Keefe took the remains or
to Liscomb, where they were held unit
the arrival of train No. 10, which took
them to Marshalltown, where an older
brother of the young man, Fred S
Lloyd. is employed as night baggage
man for the Chicago Great Western
railway. To n correspondent of the
: imes-Republican Griffin stated thai
I LLOYD leaned out to eXpectorate, wher
he was struck. AS the bridge clears tbs
side of coach at least two and one.
, half feet. he must have leaned out az
exceptionally long distance, especiall,
: when he must have known the trair
!. was on the bridge. If the body had no
t lodged in the timbers 1t would hav,
t fallen into the river. which is between
i twenty and twenty-five feet deep a
s that point Before the body was fount
Ito have been caught it was taken fo
Y granted that it had fallen into the wa
t ter.
: LLOYD, while the United States paper
t and records show him to be q years an'
!. 10 months of age, is only Is. he evident
t Nv desiring to pass himself off for mai
: in order to enlist. He has been in Rock
e we'll since last spring, coming there t
o work for his brother. Fred who was a
# that time, and until July last, forema
/, of the Central section gang.
Z. There was no inquest held as the cir
n cumstances seemed to indicate clearl
e that the company could not be held re
n sponslble for the accident.