Killed by the Cars

Dallas Morning News
10 August 1888

Forney, Tex., Aug. 9 – A negro boy about 17 years old was run over and killed this morning by a local freight No. 10, going east. He ran after the train and reached up to catch on when he lost his hold and fell between the cars. Bystanders called to the train men and the train was stopped after five or six empty flats had passed over him. He was terribly mangled. His name was John Walker and it is thought his parents live at Sulphur Springs. Justice I.S. Wood, acting coroner, rendered his verdict in accordance with the above facts.