Iowa Old Press
Davenport Daily Republican
Davenport, Scott co., Iowa
August 1, 1901
THE REMAINS OF JOE FREED - Body of the Accident Victim
Shipped to Home of His Brother for Burial
A reply to the telegram sent Tuesday night to
Farmington, Ia., to a brother of Joe Freed, the Montana young man
who met death in this city that evening while trying to board a
moving freight train on the C.R.I. & P. at the corner of
Fifth and Gaines street, was received yesterday and contained
instructions for the forwarding of the remains to that place,
where they will be buried.
[transcribed by CJL, May 2006]