Carson - James
Source: Crawfordsville Weekly Journal 14 Jan 1893 p 6
James Carson, aged 37, a son of the late Madison Carson, a well known young man of this city, died Sunday night in Chicago of injuries received while working on the Michigan Central railroad last Tuesday. James Carson, whose widowed mother lives on East Franklin Street was for quite awhile a brakeman on the Big Four and Monon but later transferred to the Michigan Central. He was a sober, industrious man and good brakeman. Last Tuesday out near Pullman he was ordered to make a coupling and stepped in between the cars to perform the work. It so happened that one of the cars had no bumper and Carson was caught between them and cruelly crushed. He was taken out and carried to the hospital in Chicago where he died Sunday night after a period of intense suffering. William Sanders, formerly of this city and an old friend of Carson, brought the remains down here from Chicago for interment. The mother of James Carson is deserving of peculiar sympathy. She raised a family of 13 children and only about 5 are now alive. Several of her children met violent deaths. She is quite poor and could doubtless obtain heavy damages from the Michigan Central. James Carson was a popular young man and a thorough workman, steady and reliable. - kbz
Source: Crawfordsville Daily Journal Tuesday, 10 January 1893
James Carson, aged 37 years, a son of the late Madison Carson, a well known young man of this city, died Sunday night in Chicago of injuries received while working on the Michigan Central Railroad last Tuesday. James Carson, whose widowed mother lives on East Franklin Street, was for quite a while a brakeman on the Big Four and Monon, but later transferred to the Michigan Central. He was a sober, industrious man and a good brakeman. Last Tuesday out near Pullman, he was ordered to make a coupling and stepped in between the cars to perform the work. It so happened that one of the cars had no bumper and Carson was caught between them and cruelly crushed. He was taken out and carried to the hospital in Chicago where he died Sunday night after a period of intense suffering. William Sanders, formerly of this city and an old friend of Carson, brought the remains down from Chicago today for interment. The mother of James Carson is deserving of peculiar sympathy. She raised a family of 13 children and only about five are now alive. Several of her children met violent deaths. She is quite poor and could doubtless obtain heavy damages from the Michigan Central. James Carson was a popular young man and a thorough workman, steady and reliable. The funeral will occur tomorrow at 3 o’clock with interment in the Masonic Cemetery.