Marion County IN Archives Obituaries.....Johnson, Virgil H. May 15, 1898
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The Franklin Democrat, Friday, May 20, 1898, Volume XXXVIII, Number 45, page 2, column 5
Another Horrible Death.

On last Sunday morning, Virgil H. Johnson, living at 825 College Ave, Indianapolis,
was run down by a 
Brightwood car at the intersection of Mass. Ave., Walnut and Liberty streets and
crushed to death. Mr. 
Johnson was 25 years old and an expert bicycle trainer.  He attempted to cross the
tracks behind a moving 
car and failed to see the Brightwood car coming on the other side.  The car was
going so fast it could not 
stop in time to save the young man’s life, and ran completely over him, dragging him
fully forty feet.  One side 
of his head was crushed off and the wheels passed over his legs and body, killing
him almost instantly.

This should be a lesson of caution to our boys who frequently ride to the city and
place their lives in jeopardy 
by carelessly crossing the tracks in front of moving cars.

Additional Comments:
[Submitted by Mark McCrady and Cathea Curry]
Link to Virgil Johnson's grave
http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=45952528

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