BEDFORD WEEKLY MAIL BEDFORD, INDIANA FRIDAY, FEB. 14, 1902 FAST TRAIN Caught Albert Asbell, Of Huron, Killing Him Instantly. Albert Asbell, a citizen of Huron, aged 45 years, was instantly killed Wednesday afternoon about 1 o'clock. He stepped over the passing track behind a morning freight train, to go across the railroad, and got out on the main track just in time to be caught by the fast train from the west, which was speeding through town at the rate of 60 miles an hour; the freight train having prevented him from seeing the approach of the fast train. Asbell was killed instantly. He leaves a wife and three children. ************* FRIDAY, FEB. 21, 1902 CORONER'S REPORT Description of Albert Asbell, who was killed at Huron, Feb. 12, 1902. Age 45 years, weight 150 (?) pounds, height 5 feet 10 inches, dark blue eyes, bruise on top of head and hole cut through the scalp near crown, blood running out at left ear, skin bruises about the forehead, left arm broken at junction of first and second thirds, chest bruised considerably, left thigh broken high up, left leg broken at junction of middle with down to ankle joint, cut on right leg near middle and anterior surface. Found in his clothes: One pair of new cotton stockings, two dollars and thirty cents ($2.30) in hard money, two small pieces of chewing tobacco and one timber bill of the Seymour Manufacturing Company, Seymour, Ind. After having taken testimony and viewed the remains of the deceased, Albert Asbell came to his death while negligently attempting to cross railroad at Huron, Ind., he was struck by a rapidly moving train, killing him almost instantly. HARVEY VOYLES, Coroner.