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Show Burton Carson Of Leiii Victim Of Train Accident that the train crew was apparently unaware that an accident had occurred. occur-red. The train was les3 than half a ,ii i le from the Ixhi station, where it : made its regular stop before continuing continu-ing on to Salt Lake. Ho is survived by his wife, Mrs. Ada Johnson Carson, and four sonB and a daughter, ranging in age from 22 to 8, as follows: Glenn, Cecil, El-don, El-don, Ora and Stanford. Funeral services will be held Sunday, Sun-day, June 20, at 2 p. in. in the First I ward chapel at Lelil. o American Fork friends of Burton (".'arson, f,0, (,r I-hi, were grieved to learn of his sudden dea'h, which occurred oc-curred about S o'clock Wednesday nlxht, when he was killed instantly, It is believed, by the regular pass-wip-r train on the Henver & Rio (Irande Western. Mr. Carson had followed three sheep ou'o the right-of-way from li'is home, wliich is near the tracks. The sheep hail been placed in a garuKo by Mr. Carson. The animals jumped out. thru the window and Mr. Carson (ailed to his wii'o to help him y,ct. them back inlo the pen. Mrs. Carson went into th 3 house to turn off an electric iron and the sheep ran onto the right-of-way. Tho animals crossed the track ahead of the train, but Mr. Carson possibly misjudging the speed of the train was struck and hurled to one Bide by tho engine. Glenn Carson, son of the victim, found his father lying 20 feet from the track. F. A. Wllles, state prohibition pro-hibition officer, carried the body to the house, where Dr. F. D. Worlton pronounced the man dead. Investigation by Deputy Sheriffs George H. Davis and Ellas A. Gee, and the night officer at Lehi, showed |
