The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-06-26
THREECRUSHED TODEATH
BODIES OF TRAMPs KILLED IN MO-
NON WRECK NOT IDENTIFIED.
The One Supposed to he an Indian
apolis Man May BE Son Of Pa
trOlman Irish.
Special to the Indianapolis journal.

Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
LAFAYETTE, Ind, June 25.-Coroner G.
A. Rayhouser, of Monticello, to-day held
an inquest over the bodies of three tramps
killed on the Monon Railway at Ash Grove,
ten miles north of this city, early this
morning. From papers taken from one Of
the corpses il Is believed that the dead man
is w. H. Smith, of Madison, ILL.,, and he
is thought to have been member of the
Uniform Rank, K. of p, of that city. The
lodge has been wired to take some action in
the matter. Ten dollars some other loose
change and several letters in his
pocket. Another of the bodies is believed to
be that of an Indianapolis man, as he wore
an insurance badge of the Columbia Relief
Association of that city. The word Irish
was found written inside his hat band. On
the third body no papers were found nor
anything that could serve as a means OF
Identification On the corpse of the sup
posed Indianapolis man was found s. He
was the only one of the trio still alive
when found after the wreck, and in con-
versation with the brakeman tried to tell
his and residence. The brakeman
says he murmured something about Brook
ville" and it is possible that he lived in
badly mutilated. Ali of the men were be-
tween the ages Of twenty-five and thirty
years One was an Italian and the two
the derailment of six cars, and the tramps
We're riding of these. A boiler
the car toppled over upon them and crushed
them to DEATH The accident happened while
track was blocked for several hours. The
bodies will be held until tomorrow In the
hope that some one will identify them.
One of the victims of the freight wreck
near Lafayette yesterday morning may
have been George E. Irish, 1916 Olive street.
of this city, son of Policeman Samuel F.
Irish.
Young Irish left Indianapolis several
weeks ago, undecided whether he would go
to Lafayette or to some other town where
he could secure employment as designer.
He did not write TO his parents until June
e, the father receiving postal card bear
ing that date from Falmouth, ILL.,, yester-
day morning. The card stated that he was
going to locate in Falmouth and had Sc
cured a position there, but it is thought
that he changed his plans and started for
Lafayette on the same day he wrote to his
father.
One of the bodies discovered in the wreck
answers the description of young Irish, and
a card was found in his pocket bearing the
| name Irish" and showing that he had been
insured in the Columbian Relief Associa-
ton of this city 1t also bore the address
dence OF his grandparents
When seen last night Patrolman Irish
said he would telegraph to Lafayette at
once and have relative of his there look
at the body and identify it if 1t was that
/ OF his son. He said that the boy had at
| first intended to go to Lafayette and might
have changed his mind about staying at
| Falmouth and taken the train for Lafay-
| cite in time to have been in the wreck yes
| terday morning. He could not be located
at Falmouth by telegraph last night, and it
| is feared that he died under the box cars
| that were piled up as the result of the
! wreck yesterday.