Talbot County GaArchives Obituaries.....Ella Boyd February 22 1907 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/ga/gafiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Carla Miles cmhistory@mchsi.com August 27, 2003, 8:20 pm 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. This file has been created by a form at http://www.poppet.org/gafiles/ File size: 2.1 Kb