The Bienville Democrat. [volume] (Arcadia, Bienville Parish, La.) 1912-1980, 1921-11-10
YOUNG MAN KILLED BY
BIZ v. s. & ?. FREIGHT TRAIN

YOUNG MAN KILLED BIZ
BIZ V. s. & ?. FREIGHT TRAI,
Practically every freight train tina
passes through Arcadia now carrie
from one to twenty men, some with
definite destination, others just lOOkin!
! for q place where they can secure {
job, and some just drifting as a mat
ter Of preference. Or Friday, a fas
freight which is due through here
| about noon, carried fifteen Or tWent,
Of these men, not necessarily al
trampS, buns or h0b0es, but some good
men, just down and 0ut-nO work. nc
money making their way home or tc
some other place Of refuge, and unfor
tunatc.y one Of these men. a young
man, was thrown from al oil tank
car, and several cars passed over his
body, killing him instantly. A com
p2nton, travelling with him, identified
the body, informing the authorities
that his name was Micky Richardson
and that his home was in San Fran.
cisco. lie was apparently q or 80
years old, Of neat appearance and an
eX-s0ldiCr.
Coroner r. c. Ferguson, in search
ing the dead mans pockets for some
Information regarding his relatives
and their address, found a letter
from his mother and another letter
from a young lady in Tacoma, Wash
lngton. The authorities Immediately
wired his mother, but due to the fact
that she had moved from the address
given in the letter, there was quite \
delay i'll the delivery of the message
and the body was in badly mangled
condition and could not be cmbalmed
nor could it be kept out Of the ground
out a short time. After failing to re.
celve any information from the mother
up until Saturday noon, it was decid.
ed to bury the remains at / 90 o'clock
Saturday afternoon, and the funeral
was held under the auspices of the
Arcadia fire department at the Ar.
cadla cemetery, Rev. H. N. Brown Of
the Methodist church, conducting tho
services, Quite number of the good
people of Arcadia had assembled at
the grave to pay their last respects to
this Young man whose life had beon
out in the twinkling of an eve
because they knew that he was some
mothers son. Rev. Brown made
very Impressive talk, and called a.
tef'tlon to the fact that this young
hlall was only one Of a million who
are today enlisted in the army Of tbo
unemployed. After the grave bad
been filled the good women comn1ete1v
covered the little mound with beauti
lu' flowers, paying this last tribute
10 a stranger who made the snnroms
while travelling in an m.
known land. 1t was indeed a sad af-
AR and the hearts of these mothers
VINO attended the funeral went ont 70
nat mother who was yet to learn Of
ne tragic death of her SON.
Two OF Micky's "buddies, remained
WI W no Whatever they could to-
Yards giving him a respectable burial
nd their loyalty so impressed the citi.
ems that they were very materially
loed on their journey to their TO-
pective homes.
The letter from Micky's mother was
) follows, and according to his com.
anon he had responded r. his moth.
rs plea and was on his way home:
San Francisco, Calf.
"sept, 18th, 1921. !
Dear Micky Boy:
l got your card today. | am 50 sor,
7, dearie, you go so far away and '
axe it so hard for mother to helm
VI. | am sending you five in this q
tier. l will have to take a chance :
you getting it, but if 1 sent YOU an
der you would have to be identified d