The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1917-12-11
Girl, Aged Eight Found Dead on Rock
Island Tracks; Presumably Was Vic
tim Of Freeing Weather
JURY ORDERED MAKE
FULL INVESTIGATION
Theory introduced that She Fell From
Train; Doctor Says Neck May Be
Broken; Seek Other Testimony

The coroner's jury found in Their
verdict, rendered this afternoon, that
the child had met death from freez-
ing.
Pretty little eight-year-old Louis
Englebretson was found dead this
morning near the Rock Island rail
road track, two miles south Of town
with her body in frozen condition.
The authorities we're Immediately no
titled and brought her body to the
undertaking parlors of Claycomb and
Anderson.
The body was found by a man who
gave his name as Turner and anoth-
er man who was walking down the
track with Turner. She was found
about where the old brick plant once
stood.
From outward appearances there
was nothing to indicate that there
had been any violence When she
was found she was laying on her
breast with her hands under her
body. The red sweater coat which
she wore was, found off to one side
and one Of her shoes had been taken
off. arss
In describing the place where she
was found County Attorney Simpson
said, 1T seemed that she had walked
up to the embankment there and sat
down. Her shoe that she had taken
off was found there. Then between
that and the place where the body
was found was the sweater coat and
apron. Where her body was found
there were indications Of struggle
which probably took place just be-
fore she died. Finger prints where
she scratched the ground in her
death struggle could be seem"
The body was brought to town af-
ter all indications had been noted
and placed in the Claycomb and An
edrson morgue. It was about two
hours before anyone could identify
her. In tbese meantime several ru-
mors had been circulated about little
girls being lost. A man came in and
said that he had come from Ninne-
kah this morning and he heard be-
fore he left that little girl there
had been lost. The county attorney
Immediately got in connection with
Mrs. Stevens at Ninnekah and she
informed him that the little girl Of
the above name went to an entertain
ment there last night and had not
been seen since. 1t was later learn
ed that her father was working in a
second hand store on South Third
street in Chickasha. He was imme-
diately notified When he came to
the morgue he identified the body as
his daughter. She had been visiting
with relatives in Ninnekah and had
evidently started home and being
thinly clad became numb with cold,
stopped at the embankment to warm,
finally in the still coldness Of the
night, freezing to death.
It is not known at what time she
met her death. She left Ninnekah
last night, presumably at about 9
o'clock
AT tie coroner's inquest that was
being held this afternoon DR.. Leeds
testified that he could not say def
nitely from outward appearances
whether death was caused from freez-
ing or not. In his examination of
the body he said that he found that
the child's neck was not in rigid
condition as was the rest Of the body
but he was not sure whether the neck
was disloeated.
One of the jurors asked several
questions pertaining to the time the
girl left Ninnekah and if she left on
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