Show INTERURBAN TRAIN KILLS AGED AGED- I PIONEER r. r i f Father i r of City Detective Detect ve vei i V V Egbert rt Is Killed at atI I V W West cst Jordan J Joh John JA Egbert g ert 73 73 father of ot Cit City Detective vo John JohnA jj 11 A A. Egbert was as in in- st before 7 o'clock last cv ni at iU- West Jordan when struck struck by IY an an Interurban train I Egbert lit J his home to come como to Salt Salt Lake Latte for tor i d a visit with his V son At the West Jordan station he ho saw the approaching train and stepped on the tracks waving his handkerchief to attract the attention of ot the motor- motor I man In doing so he misjudged the distance of the train probably due glare of ot the headlight and be before before be- be fore cone he fully realized ed the danger the train was upon him him and escape was impossible H He was killed instantly thet th train the train passing over his body The motorman stopped the train within a sl short ort distance V Meanwhile ilc Detective Egbert was awaiting the arrival of his father at atthe atthe atthe the Orem station here Vl When en the train arrived he heard pass passengers discussing dis dis- dis- dis c cussing tho the accident From des description tion of bt the man Detective Egbert c concluded tl that at it was was' was his his left immediately for West Vest Jordan Eg Egbert ert was a pioneer of the state and was born in Illinois In 1849 he came came to Utah and has since lived here He was well wen known throughout Utah and Idaho v Surviving him ar ar are his widow and sixteen children Mrs Zerelda Hammer Hammer Hammer Ham Ham- mer of ot Lehi Mrs tIrs Emma Barnes Barnes' of ot otIa Ia Kamas nas Mrs Mattie Aylett of ot Midvale Midvale Mid Mid- vale Mrs Annie Young of ot Provo Provo S Samuel muel and A Adelbert Egbert of Gra Grace Idaho John A. A V Egbert Jr of ot Salt Lake L ke Mrs Ethel Smith of ot Thatcher I Idaho h Wilbert Egbert Egber of ot California Verda Egbert of Idaho Margaret Mar far g garet gai-et t Alma Ahna Ardllla Harold arold Ross and Ida Egbert all of West Vest Jordan Funeral s services are pending |