Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1906-07-29

not until tive O'Clock yesterday after
noon that Mr. Brown received wore
of the accident. He broke the new,
to his wife, telling her that there hac
been terrible accident and that on,
of the boys had been killed. She die
not know until almost midnight that
her son had also succumbed. Mr.
Brown immediately wired to send the
body, the injured boy and the lad ia
tins city, and they came in on the
Frisco about eleven o'clock. One of
the saddest parts of the whole heart
breaking affair was that young Brown
not yet sixteen years old, after hav.
ing left his home and his parents on
the spur of the moment for travel
jaunt as il were, lived until the train
pulled out of Red Fork, so near home
and parents, ere he died. He was not
conscious after the time of the acci-
dent, however.
The bodies were met at the depot
by the stricken father and uncle and
a large number of friends of the de-
ceased Tulsa boy. They were taken
to the undertaking parlors of Now
bray & Winterringer on Main street.
No arrangements for the funeral
could be of course made last night.
The body of Paul Reynolds is in
such mangled state that it is thought
best to bury it here, which will be
done accordingly.
= Everything possible was done for
the wounded boy in Bristow by Dep
uty United States Marshal Freshour
and John Humphreys, druggist of
that place, but formerly of Tulsa, and
others. The two gentlemen named ac-
companied the remains to this city and
brought the younger Reynolds boy,
whom they turned over to Mr.. Brown.
The following is the statement made
to the railway agent at Bristow by
the surviving member of the trio yes.
terday afternoon:
my name is Eugene Reynolds. My
age is l3 years. Lived at Alice, Tex
as. My fathers name is A. Reynolds.
My brother Paul and | have been liv-
ing in Joplin for the past six weeks,
and my brother worked in the mines.
| also worked there. Ny cousin and.
George Brown, who lives in Tulsa,
came to Joplin a few days ago and
did no work. My brother and / got
telegram that my father was on his
death bed, so we started home and
my cousin went with us. We did not
have any money, so we beat our way
to Baxter Springs, Kas., and then
caught another train and went to Tul-
sa. Got to Tulsa 4 a. m. Friday, stay
ed all day at my aunt s, Mrs. A. B.
Brown, at Tulsa. We caught a freight
train out of Tulsa last eve at 9 clock
and went to Sapulpa. We stayed in
Sapulpa all night and Saturday a. m.
we got out of Sapulpa on the Meteor
at that place and rode to the water
tank 2 miles west of Bristow, where
the brakeman put us off. We were
riding on top of the Meteor when the
brakeman saw us. After we were put
oft we walked past Depew little way
and sat down to rest, then walked a
mile further and sat down to rest
again. | sat down on a rock and my
brother and George sat down on a
rail on the south side of the track
beside each other | lay down on the
rock and went to sleep, and left them
talking to each other.
81 suppose that the train woke me,
and ! could hardly walk when | got
up. My cousin George was lying be-
side the track, supposed asleep, and
my brother lying beside the track with
his legs cut off and all torn up. Then
| realized that they had beenshit by
the train. could see the passenger
train up the tracks, and it Stacked
down and the train men picked up my
brother and cousin and took me on
the train, all to Bristow.
"The trainmen said stood up and
waved my hands and followed but |
10 not know anything about 1.-THE
first thing | remember was them lying
by the track.
81 don't know whether they had
gone to sleep or not, as they were
still talking when / went to sleep.
"Signed,
"EUGENE REYNOLDS"