Charles R. Perry, of Toulon, was killed in Peoria a few minutes after seven o'clock Sunday night, February 11, 1906. He met his death by filling under the wheels of the Trilby, from which train he jumped while it was running from the Union depot. He had been in Peoria since last Wednesday afternoon, and had been under the influence of liquor most of the time while there. Frank W. Fuller attempted to have him return home, and Sunday night purchased a ticket and saw that he was on the train. But after the train started Mr. Perry decided that he was going to get off at all hazards, with the result that he alighted on the covering of a semaphore and was rolled under the heavy wheels of the train and his body was cut in two. Death was instantaneous.
Mr. Babcock, the jeweler at Cover's drug store, spent Sunday in Peoria, and started home on the same train as Mr. Perry. He saw Perry when he attempted to get off and endeavored to persuade him to remain on the train, but to no avail. When Babcock saw the unfortunate man roll under the wheels he at once notified conductor Lee and the train was stopped.
The proper authorities were at once notified, as well as Mr. Perry's relatives. The inquest was held in Peoria the first of the week, with the findings according to the facts above.
The body will be brought to Toulon on the 4:11 train this afternoon, and taken at once to the cemetery.
Mr. Perry was between 55 and 58 years of age and was born in Toulon and here spent most of his life. He was a painter and paperhanger by trade. He leaves one son residing in Toulon, and a widow, one son and one daughter in the West, also several brothers and sisters in the West.
Mr. Perry was his own worst enemy. He was a kind-hearted man, of pleasing address, and well educated, being particularly well posted upon the current topics of the day.
Published in Stark County News, Toulon, Illinois, Wednesday, February 14, 1906
Mr. Babcock, the jeweler at Cover's drug store, spent Sunday in Peoria, and started home on the same train as Mr. Perry. He saw Perry when he attempted to get off and endeavored to persuade him to remain on the train, but to no avail. When Babcock saw the unfortunate man roll under the wheels he at once notified conductor Lee and the train was stopped.
The proper authorities were at once notified, as well as Mr. Perry's relatives. The inquest was held in Peoria the first of the week, with the findings according to the facts above.
The body will be brought to Toulon on the 4:11 train this afternoon, and taken at once to the cemetery.
Mr. Perry was between 55 and 58 years of age and was born in Toulon and here spent most of his life. He was a painter and paperhanger by trade. He leaves one son residing in Toulon, and a widow, one son and one daughter in the West, also several brothers and sisters in the West.
Mr. Perry was his own worst enemy. He was a kind-hearted man, of pleasing address, and well educated, being particularly well posted upon the current topics of the day.
Published in Stark County News, Toulon, Illinois, Wednesday, February 14, 1906
Charles R. Perry, of Toulon, was killed in Peoria a few minutes after seven o'clock Sunday night, February 11, 1906. He met his death by filling under the wheels of the Trilby, from which train he jumped while it was running from the Union depot. He had been in Peoria since last Wednesday afternoon, and had been under the influence of liquor most of the time while there. Frank W. Fuller attempted to have him return home, and Sunday night purchased a ticket and saw that he was on the train. But after the train started Mr. Perry decided that he was going to get off at all hazards, with the result that he alighted on the covering of a semaphore and was rolled under the heavy wheels of the train and his body was cut in two. Death was instantaneous.
Mr. Babcock, the jeweler at Cover's drug store, spent Sunday in Peoria, and started home on the same train as Mr. Perry. He saw Perry when he attempted to get off and endeavored to persuade him to remain on the train, but to no avail. When Babcock saw the unfortunate man roll under the wheels he at once notified conductor Lee and the train was stopped.
The proper authorities were at once notified, as well as Mr. Perry's relatives. The inquest was held in Peoria the first of the week, with the findings according to the facts above.
The body will be brought to Toulon on the 4:11 train this afternoon, and taken at once to the cemetery.
Mr. Perry was between 55 and 58 years of age and was born in Toulon and here spent most of his life. He was a painter and paperhanger by trade. He leaves one son residing in Toulon, and a widow, one son and one daughter in the West, also several brothers and sisters in the West.
Mr. Perry was his own worst enemy. He was a kind-hearted man, of pleasing address, and well educated, being particularly well posted upon the current topics of the day.
Published in Stark County News, Toulon, Illinois, Wednesday, February 14, 1906
Mr. Babcock, the jeweler at Cover's drug store, spent Sunday in Peoria, and started home on the same train as Mr. Perry. He saw Perry when he attempted to get off and endeavored to persuade him to remain on the train, but to no avail. When Babcock saw the unfortunate man roll under the wheels he at once notified conductor Lee and the train was stopped.
The proper authorities were at once notified, as well as Mr. Perry's relatives. The inquest was held in Peoria the first of the week, with the findings according to the facts above.
The body will be brought to Toulon on the 4:11 train this afternoon, and taken at once to the cemetery.
Mr. Perry was between 55 and 58 years of age and was born in Toulon and here spent most of his life. He was a painter and paperhanger by trade. He leaves one son residing in Toulon, and a widow, one son and one daughter in the West, also several brothers and sisters in the West.
Mr. Perry was his own worst enemy. He was a kind-hearted man, of pleasing address, and well educated, being particularly well posted upon the current topics of the day.
Published in Stark County News, Toulon, Illinois, Wednesday, February 14, 1906
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