Wall - Isaac
Source: Crawfordsville Daily Journal Saturday, 22 July 1893
An old man named Wall committed suicide yesterday morning at Clark’s Hill. The mail train was going west past the station at a high rate of speed and Wall stood on the platform until the engine was within ten feet of him. He then stepped on the track and stood up to the horror of the engineer and firemen, who were powerless to save him. Another instant and the old man was knocked down and mashed beyond recognition. The train was stopped and the trainmen gathered the remains together and placed them in the depot. Wall was supposed to be crazy. -s
Source: Indiana (Indianapolis, Marion County, Indiana) State Sentinel Wed 26 July 1893 p 8
Lafayette, July 21 – Isaac Wall, a paralytic, threw himself under a passenger train on the Toledo, St. Louis & Kansas City Railway at Clark’s Hill today. He did it with suicidal intent and to escape going to the poor house. He was terribly mangled. -kz