Hubert Wimmer

WIMMER

Posted By: Dorothy Gosse (email)
Date: 9/20/2007 at 21:10:28

Helena Independent, the (Helena, Montana) January 30, 1928

FIND TWO MEN DEAD IN REFRIGERATOR CAR

Laramie, Wyo., Jan. 29.--(AP)--The frozen bodies of two men, one white and the other a negro, were found in a refrigerator car in the Union Pacific yards here today.

The one was identified through a life insurance policy in the pocket of the coat, payable to Mrs. Nellie R. WIMMER, Oelwein, Iowa. The policy had been taken out by Herbert W. WIMMER, 29. The negro was believed to be P. Lucas, of Pittsburgh, Calif., that name being found on a photograph on the body.

The pair was discovered shortly after the arrival of the car on an east-bound freight train.

Note: burial in Woodlawn Cemetery, Oelwein, Iowa.
He had served in WW I.