Talbot County GaArchives Obituaries.....Ella Boyd February 22 1907
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The Talbotton New Era, February 28, 1907

The Talbotton New Era
Thursday, February 28, 1907
Page 6

Miss Ella Boyd Killed

Miss Ella Boyd was killed by a passenger train on the Central road at Box 
Springs early last Friday morning.  She was in Box Springs at the residence of 
Mr. and Mrs. George Lowe, having gone there the day before.  She had been sick 
for some time, her mind being affected.  Mrs. Lowe was up with her all Thursday 
night, but left her room for a few moments about 4 o’clock on Friday morning.  
When she returned to the room, she found the door locked on the inside.  Miss 
Boyd had locked the door and left the residence through a window.  Mrs. Lowe 
immediately called her husband and they searched the neighborhood but were 
unable to find her.

It seems that upon leaving the house, Miss Boyd went to the railroad, which was 
not far distant, and concealed herself to wait for the next train for 
Columbus.  When it came, running at a high rate of speed, she jumped between 
the engine and the mail car with the intention of being killed, and her body 
was cut into fragments.

The engineer on the train did not see her and did not know that she had been 
killed by the train until he arrived in Columbus and was told of the horrible 
occurrence by the superintendent, who had received a telegram from the agent at 
Box Springs.  Upon making an investigation, the engineer found parts of her 
clothing on the rear trucks of the sleeping car.  Miss Boyd was buried at Box 
Springs Saturday.  She was about 40 years of age and was born and raised in 
Talbotton.



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