BEDFORD WEEKLY MAIL BEDFORD, INDIANA FRIDAY, September 1, 1899 KILLED BY A TRAIN Joe Padgett, a White River Fisherman Meets Death Near Tunnelton The body of Joe Padgett, a fisherman who had lived in a house boat near River Vale for several years, was found on the B. & O. S.W. track 200 yards west of, Tunnelton, Tuesday a.m. He is supposed to have been sitting on the track asleep about 9 o'clock last night, when he was struck by a passing train and killed. Padgett was about 50 years of age and was a character well known along that part of the river. He was married, but had separated from his wife, He was in Tunnelton Monday afternoon, and Hon. Alfred Guthrie talked with him about his fishing, and agreed to buy the next salmon he caught. Another man asked Padgett if he had yet found his dog which had been lost. "No, but I'm going to find him if have to follow him to h-l" was the reply, Three hours afterward Padgett was dead, He was drinking when in Tunnelton. Coroner Voyles went over Tuesday to hold an inquest.