Wolf, James - Montgomery InGenWeb Project

On Wednesday at Linden occurred a sad accident which resulted in the death of James Wolf, a brakeman on the Clover Leaf Road. Wolf was a young man of thirty two years and several years ago was married to Miss Mary McAuliff of this city. They made their residence in Ladoga and for a while Wolf was braking on the Big Four. Then he began working for the Clover Leaf and it was his intention to remove shortly to Frankfort. On Wednesday he decided to go to Ladoga, having a lay off of a day from his work, and to do this he found that he would have to board a Monon freight which passed through Linden. The train came by swiftly and Wolf attempted to board the tenth car. He evidently miscalculated the speed at which the train was moving or else he missed his hold for he was thrown from the car directly under the wheels. Both legs and one hand were cut off and he was in other ways terribly injured. He was picked up and carried to the nearest shelter where he lingered in agony until death came as a blessed relief at 12:30 o’clock. His wife and child were in Crawfordsville when apprised of the accident and accompanied by Miss Maggie McAuliff and Major Dennis McAuliff they went to Linden on the afternoon train. Mr. Wolf was a popular and esteemed young man and his death will be mourned by all who knew him. - thanks so much to "S" and all her hard work on this obituary section