Typed as spelled and written
Lena Stone Criswell

THE MARLIN DEMOCRAT
Eighteenth Year - Number 52
Marlin, Texas, Wednesday, November 20, 1907
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WALLACE H. PETERS KILLED.
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Cotton  Belt Switchman Caught
Between Cars at Waco.
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       Wallace H. Peters, a switchman for the Cotton Belt railway, was crushed to death Saturday morning at 12:10.
       Peters was in the act of making the coupling for the Pullman, connecting with the south bound, I. & G. N. train at Waco, which was an hour late.  By some mistake in signals, or other unexplained cause, the train backed onto him and he was pinioned between the drawheads.
       As soon as possible he was released and medical aid summoned, but death followed in a short time.
       Marlin parties on the train returning home from Waco were on the train and saw the unfortunate man in the viselike grip between the two cars.
       Deceased was 33 years of age and leaves a wife and one child. His home was in Waco.

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