Beckham County, OK - Deaths: Harry Curry or John Rhine, 1911
Friday, 21 Dec 2007
Submitted by: delma25@pldi.net (Delma Tindell)

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CURRY, HARRY or RHINE, JOHN
(28 Jul 1911, Friday, Texola Herald, Texola, Beckham Co, OK):
STRANGER KILLED BY TRAIN BURIED WITHOUT RELATIVES BEING FOUND.
Last Wednesday morning the dead body of a boy apparently 16 to 18 years of
age was found on the railroad track in the East part of town.  His head
was off, arms and legs broken and his body badly bruised.
Judging from appearances and the evidence at hand he was killed by the
West bound passenger train due to arrive here at 2:30 Wednesday morning,
and again run over by a freight going East.
The supposition is that he was riding on the coal tender or underneath a
coach and fell off as the train passed along.
On his person was found $4.18, a bill of purchases made in Oklahoma City
on July 17, and 18 and an express receipt dated July 25, showing that John
Rhine had expressed a grip from Oklahoma City to John Rhine, Pueblo, Colo.
 His hat bore the brand of an Oklahoma City firm.  The laundry mark on his
clothes was H. C.
His description with all evidence at hand was wired to police departments
at Oklahoma City and Pueblo.  Evidences were found in his grip at Pueblo
indicating his name to be Harry Curry, but no address.  A letter from a
collecting agency in Little Rock was found in his grip, and they and
Oklahoma City police were wired for any information they could learn of
Harry Curry.  Individual by name of Rhine and Curry in Oklahoma City were
communicated with, and an account of the affair was published in the daily
papers.
Up to three o'clock Friday afternoon nothing of importance had been
learned and the remains were laid to rest in the Texola cemetery.
Description of the deceased: - Name supposed to be Jno. Rhine or Harry
Curry, age 16 to 18, height about 5 feet and 5 inches, slender, weight
about 125 pounds.  Hair medium dark and cut short, third finger on right
hand off just below second joint, fourth finger has been badly mashed. 
Intelligent looking and apparently of good family.  Wore black hat, black
jacket under blue jumper, blue serge pants and ox-blood button slippers.

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