NEWS: Jacob FRANTZ Killed by Pennsy Train at Kittanning Point, 1919; of Pittsburg, Allegheny County, PA

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BODY OF TRESPASSER CLAIMED BY BROTHER

Charles Frantz, of Pittsburg, Identified Man Killed at Kittanning Point

  Activity of the Middle division police department has saved Jacob Frantz, of 
Troy, O., the trespasser killed by a Pennsy train on January 2nd, near 
Kittanning Point, from the potter's field.
  Captain J. C. Carroll and his men succeeded in locating Charles Frantz, a 
brother of the dead man, in Pittsburg.  The body had been brought here, taken 
to the Lafferty & Tobias morgue.  Deputy Coroner C. C. Rothrock investigated, 
decided an inquest unnecessary and could find no relatives of the man.
  The Pennsy police had authorities in Pittsburg communicate with the brother, 
after a letter sent to Troy, established the fact that the man's relatives 
resided in Smoky City.  An Ohio registration board provided the data on which 
to work.
  Yesterday, the Pittsburger came here, identified the body and will take it 
to his home today.  The trespasser has a wife, also a resident of Pittsburg, 
and his mother also survives, with the brother.

 Altoona Tribune, Monday, January 6, 1919, page 12