The Chariton Leader, Chariton, Iowa Thursday, December 24, 1908 On the 6th day of last September, EDDIE, the 16 year old son of WILLIAM SIMS of Washington Township, left his home without any known cause, as he and parents had ever been congenial to each other and the family relations were most pleasant. Search was made and every plan resorted to within bounds for the discovery of his whereabouts, but to no avail. On last Sunday morning a young boy was found between the railroad tracks, on the hill east of Russell, maimed and bleeding and with his skull crushed, lying on the ground with his head to the east, as if he had attempted to alight from a moving train. He was picked up and taken to Russell and it was found to be the missing EDDIE SIMS. After examination by the surgeons his case was pronounced hopeless and he was taken to Ottumwa where he died in the hospital, Monday morning. It is said he had been at Red Oak since leaving home. Truly this is a sad sequel to the mystery of his absence and his parents feel keenly their bereavement. ------------------------------------------------------------------- Copied by Nancee(McMurtrey)Seifert April 21, 2005 iggy29@rnetinc.net