The Nelson Gazette (Nelson, NE), Thursday, June 24, 1948
The body of a transient killed about 6 o'clock Sunday morning on a railroad siding about 200 yards east of the Burlington station in Superior was identified early Wednesday morning as that of Carl Voss, 59, of Columbus, Nebraska. His identity had remained a mystery for two days until the results of fingerprints sent on Tuesday evening to the State Bureau of Identification in Lincoln were received in the sheriff's office here by telephone Wednesday morning.
Voss' head was severed from his body as he slept beneath a grain car Saturday night to escape the rain. At about 6 o'clock Sunday morning two more cars were switched from the east onto the siding and the entire string shoved about two-car-lengths to the west to clear the crossing. During this process Voss' bedding evidently caught in the undercarriage of the car beneath which he slept, rolling the body onto the rail and decapitating it. The accident was not discovered until more than a day later, when at about 11:15 a.m. Monday F.P. Fowler, a station helper, came upon the mangled remains as he was sealing cars on the elevator siding.
County Attorney C.S. Brubaker and Sheriff W.L. Willcox were notified and the body removed to a Superior mortuary. They, and Deputy Sheriff H. Mc Adamson spent much of the two following days in establishing the man's identity. Dressed in overalls and other work clothing, his belongings consisted of 42 cents in cash, no papers or other identification, a tin suit case containing a small hand grinder, pliers, other small tools, salt and pepper, and a half filled bottle of muscatel wine.
Evidently working as a scissors sharpener, the man had come into Superior Saturday evening. The conductor and engineer on No. 14 which arrived there from the west at 10:35 recalled him having gotten off this train. He loitered about the waiting room of the station for some little time after which he was seen to start towards town. He was carrying the bed roll in which he met his death.
Burial was made Tuesday, June 22, at 5:30 p.m. in potter's field in the Superior cemetery, Rev. J.R. Bucknell, pastor of the Superior Methodist church (sic), officiating.
The body of a transient killed about 6 o'clock Sunday morning on a railroad siding about 200 yards east of the Burlington station in Superior was identified early Wednesday morning as that of Carl Voss, 59, of Columbus, Nebraska. His identity had remained a mystery for two days until the results of fingerprints sent on Tuesday evening to the State Bureau of Identification in Lincoln were received in the sheriff's office here by telephone Wednesday morning.
Voss' head was severed from his body as he slept beneath a grain car Saturday night to escape the rain. At about 6 o'clock Sunday morning two more cars were switched from the east onto the siding and the entire string shoved about two-car-lengths to the west to clear the crossing. During this process Voss' bedding evidently caught in the undercarriage of the car beneath which he slept, rolling the body onto the rail and decapitating it. The accident was not discovered until more than a day later, when at about 11:15 a.m. Monday F.P. Fowler, a station helper, came upon the mangled remains as he was sealing cars on the elevator siding.
County Attorney C.S. Brubaker and Sheriff W.L. Willcox were notified and the body removed to a Superior mortuary. They, and Deputy Sheriff H. Mc Adamson spent much of the two following days in establishing the man's identity. Dressed in overalls and other work clothing, his belongings consisted of 42 cents in cash, no papers or other identification, a tin suit case containing a small hand grinder, pliers, other small tools, salt and pepper, and a half filled bottle of muscatel wine.
Evidently working as a scissors sharpener, the man had come into Superior Saturday evening. The conductor and engineer on No. 14 which arrived there from the west at 10:35 recalled him having gotten off this train. He loitered about the waiting room of the station for some little time after which he was seen to start towards town. He was carrying the bed roll in which he met his death.
Burial was made Tuesday, June 22, at 5:30 p.m. in potter's field in the Superior cemetery, Rev. J.R. Bucknell, pastor of the Superior Methodist church (sic), officiating.
The Nelson Gazette (Nelson, NE), Thursday, June 24, 1948
The body of a transient killed about 6 o'clock Sunday morning on a railroad siding about 200 yards east of the Burlington station in Superior was identified early Wednesday morning as that of Carl Voss, 59, of Columbus, Nebraska. His identity had remained a mystery for two days until the results of fingerprints sent on Tuesday evening to the State Bureau of Identification in Lincoln were received in the sheriff's office here by telephone Wednesday morning.
Voss' head was severed from his body as he slept beneath a grain car Saturday night to escape the rain. At about 6 o'clock Sunday morning two more cars were switched from the east onto the siding and the entire string shoved about two-car-lengths to the west to clear the crossing. During this process Voss' bedding evidently caught in the undercarriage of the car beneath which he slept, rolling the body onto the rail and decapitating it. The accident was not discovered until more than a day later, when at about 11:15 a.m. Monday F.P. Fowler, a station helper, came upon the mangled remains as he was sealing cars on the elevator siding.
County Attorney C.S. Brubaker and Sheriff W.L. Willcox were notified and the body removed to a Superior mortuary. They, and Deputy Sheriff H. Mc Adamson spent much of the two following days in establishing the man's identity. Dressed in overalls and other work clothing, his belongings consisted of 42 cents in cash, no papers or other identification, a tin suit case containing a small hand grinder, pliers, other small tools, salt and pepper, and a half filled bottle of muscatel wine.
Evidently working as a scissors sharpener, the man had come into Superior Saturday evening. The conductor and engineer on No. 14 which arrived there from the west at 10:35 recalled him having gotten off this train. He loitered about the waiting room of the station for some little time after which he was seen to start towards town. He was carrying the bed roll in which he met his death.
Burial was made Tuesday, June 22, at 5:30 p.m. in potter's field in the Superior cemetery, Rev. J.R. Bucknell, pastor of the Superior Methodist church (sic), officiating.
The body of a transient killed about 6 o'clock Sunday morning on a railroad siding about 200 yards east of the Burlington station in Superior was identified early Wednesday morning as that of Carl Voss, 59, of Columbus, Nebraska. His identity had remained a mystery for two days until the results of fingerprints sent on Tuesday evening to the State Bureau of Identification in Lincoln were received in the sheriff's office here by telephone Wednesday morning.
Voss' head was severed from his body as he slept beneath a grain car Saturday night to escape the rain. At about 6 o'clock Sunday morning two more cars were switched from the east onto the siding and the entire string shoved about two-car-lengths to the west to clear the crossing. During this process Voss' bedding evidently caught in the undercarriage of the car beneath which he slept, rolling the body onto the rail and decapitating it. The accident was not discovered until more than a day later, when at about 11:15 a.m. Monday F.P. Fowler, a station helper, came upon the mangled remains as he was sealing cars on the elevator siding.
County Attorney C.S. Brubaker and Sheriff W.L. Willcox were notified and the body removed to a Superior mortuary. They, and Deputy Sheriff H. Mc Adamson spent much of the two following days in establishing the man's identity. Dressed in overalls and other work clothing, his belongings consisted of 42 cents in cash, no papers or other identification, a tin suit case containing a small hand grinder, pliers, other small tools, salt and pepper, and a half filled bottle of muscatel wine.
Evidently working as a scissors sharpener, the man had come into Superior Saturday evening. The conductor and engineer on No. 14 which arrived there from the west at 10:35 recalled him having gotten off this train. He loitered about the waiting room of the station for some little time after which he was seen to start towards town. He was carrying the bed roll in which he met his death.
Burial was made Tuesday, June 22, at 5:30 p.m. in potter's field in the Superior cemetery, Rev. J.R. Bucknell, pastor of the Superior Methodist church (sic), officiating.
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