Typed as spelled and written
Lena Stone Criswell

THE MARLIN DEMOCRAT
Twelfth Year - Number --
Marlin, Texas, Thursday, January 30, 1902
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THE KILLING OF W. T. STILLWELL

       The unfortunate death of W. T. Stillwell, a well known citizen of this county in a railroad wreck near Fort Worth Sunday last occurred about as follows:
       There were two sections of the train and W. T. Stillwell, J. G. Adkins and Barcliff Bartlett, all citizens of Rosebud were in the caboose of the front section on route to eastern markets with cattle.
       A freight train loaded with California oranges was heading in on the siding two miles the other side of Keller, which is situated about fifteen or sixteen miles from Fort Worth, when the first section of a stock train going north came in sight.
       Deep fog prevailed at the time and the engine at the rear section was within a few feet of the caboose in which the three men were before the engineer on the rear section discovered the signal.  He reversed his engine, but on account of the close proximity to the rear end of the first section, his engine crashed into the caboose, plowed half way through the cab and reduced it to a heap of splintered wood and twisted iron.  The stove was over-turned, setting fire to the wreck and in a few seconds the wreckage was in flames.
       W. T. Stillwee was asleep on the seat of the caboose at the time and was caught in the crash and probably instantly killed. His body was burned.
       After the engine, which crashed into the train, backed out of the wreckage, the trainmen and several others who were accompanying the shipment of cattle to market, set to work to re(the rest is missing).

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