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Show MAN KILLED BY 0. S. L. TRAIN W H. Coppedge Victim of Crossing Accident Near Payette BOISE. Idaho. March 24.--W. H. Coppedge of Boise, died yesterday morning from Injuries received when Ian iregon Short IJn freight train) crashed Into an automobile he was , 'driving across the tracks at the Keith - am crossing, about three miles cast of , Tnyette. He iled but 30 minutes fol-' fol-' lowing the accident. i According to railroad official. Cop- I pedge was driving his car on the road which parallels the railroad track be-1 be-1 tween Wlelser and Payette at th tlmo tl No. 629. the freight train from i Huntington to VYi Iser. was cm1iiK I OUth. After keeping up with the train for some distance, it is siuted. he put on more speed and attempted to j cross the track at Felt ham crossing. I but the engine and the automobile met j on the track, and the car. being de- molished. Coppedge came here ten years ago from Missouri und until a year ago I was one of the owners of Linn's Modern Mod-ern Business college. Selling his interest in-terest In rhe business rollcRc. ho soon afterward took Up the life insurance I business and was employed by the Pa-v clflc Mutual Life Insurance company. I |