Obituary: Linard Anderson, 1929, Winn Parish, LA
Submitted by Michael Drewett, 6321 Clegg Rd., Pensacola, FL 32526
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Source: Winn Parish Enterprise, Thursday, May 9, 1929
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Man Killed Near Here By Fall From A Train
Body of Linard Anderson, Instantly Killed When Thrown From Train,
Shipped To Texas
     The body of Linard Anderson, who was instantly killed about 9
o'clock Saturday night when he was thrown from the Louisiana and
Arkansas freight train No. 19, one mile southeast of Winnfield at the L.
& A. and T. & G crossing was shipped to Seguin, Texas, Sunday after word
was received from relatives. It is thought burial was in that city, as
his mother resides there.
     Anderson and J. B. Muller, of Iowa, were riding on an empty tank
car, buming [sic] a ride to Minden, where they were to work in the
Minden shops, it is said.  A sudden lurch of the train threw Anderson
head first under the moving train, according to Muller.  His head was
severed from the body, which was badly mangled.  Sixty-eight of the
seventy-one cars of the train passed over him.
     Sheriff G. M. Walsworth and Coroner Dr. S. C. Fittx were notified
by Muller.  They began a search for relatives.  Papers in Anderson's
pocket showed that he was 29 years old, and of San Antonio, Texas.  He
had with him an honorable discharge from the United States army, dated
March 9, 1928, San Francisco, Calif.  He was a member of the San Antonio
Post American Legion.