Show 7 OLD IX YE ROLD YOUTH J KILLE 7 D 0 BY TR TRAIN AIN I BOY ON RIGHT OF WAY MEETS SUDDEN DEATH Sheriffs Sheriff's Office Exonerates Cre Crew of An All Blame Body Brought rought to Salt Sak Lake De Death th ir Was Frank Backlin y 6 year old az or of Mrs Frank FortY Fort South Street Was Instantly killed carl early lust last evening e by a Denver Den Rio Grando train on tho railroad rl ht or of wa way be- be Thirty ninth and Fortieth South The Tho lad lacI In with two companions corn com was walking along the railroad railroad rail rail- road track when train No from bore boro down on the 1 boys oa Sr r Th Tho lad moro more daring than the others leaned out on the tho track and amI waved his arm to the tho engineer of oC tho train to come on En l er Charles E. E Shermer In char charge c or of the train signaled the boys to clear elear the track and they started to do so but sudden suddenly the boy again turned back towards the track Shermer reversed the throttle an anti threw on the emergency but i It was too late to stop the onrushing i train which was tra at a a. rate or of rort forty miles per hour I Lad The Tho pilot or of the en engine struck the lad In Ia th th-c th head uI as ho he leaned out across aers the tho track and almost decapitated him When the train crew alighting after the train was brought to a stoP arrived ar- ar rived at the tho spot where the boy WAS thrown after aCter being struck the lad was dead Death was instantaneous The Tho bod body was brought to Salt Lake on the tho train but ho he was as past me The Tho train was th In chargo or of Conductor tor J. J IL D. Milan man An investIgation of the accident ly y attaches of the sheriffs sheriff's office exon crated the train crew from all 1 blame |