BEDFORD DAILY MAIL BEDFORD, INDIANA NOVEMBER 22, 1917 "JACK" CLARK KILLED BY TRAIN AT EAST EDGE OF HELTONVILLE Veteran Of Civil War And Well Known Lawrence County Man, Met Tragic Death BODY WAS NOT MAIMED Was Walking Along Track And Swerved In Way Of Train Just As It Passed Him. A J, (Jack) Clark, aged 72 years was almost instantly killed at the east edge of Heltonville at 8 o'clock this morning when he was struck by the engine of Southeastern passenger train No, 4. Clark had been walking along the track towards the station, going in same direction as the train, presumably with the intention of catching the train to this city. As the train neared him he stepped upon a stone or for some reason swerved to the north and was struck by the engine as it passed. The body was thrown off the track and upon the rails of a side track running parallel with the main line, He lived only a few seconds. Conductor Griffeth and Engineer Rothrock were in charge of the train. The train Was stopped as quickly as possible and backed, to where the body lay. Rev. Elmer Norman, county recorder who was on the train. Was one of the first to reach the body and the first to identity it. A slight bruise on the face was the only mark those who reached the scene first could see. He gave a gasp as the first of the men reached him and it was the only sound that he made. When they turned him over he was dead. The body was p laced on a cot and taken to the station at Heltonville on the train that struck him. A. J. Clark was the son of Mr. and Mrs. James Clark, pioneer residents of the county and had made his home in the vicinity of Heltonville all of his life. He enlisted in the Civil War when he was sixteen years of age and served through the war. Year's ago he operated a distillery and later became a farmer and stock man. He is survived by the widow, four sons and three daughters.