Tom Clark died 1893

CLARK

Posted By: Cheryl Locher Moonen (email)
Date: 1/27/2017 at 21:33:12

Dubuque Daily Herald, November 11, 1893

Fatal Jump From Train
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Independence, Nov. 11. – Tom Clark, a cooper of Masonville, was found at the intersection of the Burlington and Illinois Central tracks with his hands cut off and severe bruises about his head. He had purchased a ticket for Manchester, but boarded the wrong train, and it is supposed to have left the train at the “Y” with the above result. He died soon after found.