Details of the fatal killing of Lester Deal Saturday by a Kansas City Southern passenger train at Fifty-fourth St. and Lister, Kansas City, were told today by Arthur Thomas, who was at the accident about five minutes after its occurrence. Mr. Thomas came to Marshall with the body.
According to Mr. Thomas, the fleet of trucks owned by him and George Willming of Marshall had left Kansas City to haul cement out on No. 12 highway. Mr. Deal was driving one of these trucks and was in the lead. The truck contained fifty bags of cement.
Out on Fifty-fourth and Lister the tracks of the Missouri Pacific and Kansas City Southern run parallel and the roadway between them or a short distance. Mr. Deal drove across the Missouri Pacific tracks from the west. Box cars were placed on each side of this grade crossing. Then he turned to the right, following the roadway where it runs between the two railroad tracks. As he made a left turn to cross the tracks of the Kansas City Southern the passenger train, coming up behind him from the north, struck the front part of the truck. The impact threw the back end of the truck against the railroad engine and the steel body of the truck was crumpled like so much paper, it was said.
Mr. Deal was thrown through the sides of the driving cab in which he was sitting and against a telephone pole. The violence with which he struck the pole fractured his spine and then in falling to the ground the victim's neck was broken, it was said. The cushion in the seat of the car was the only part of the truck which was near where Mr. Deal's body was picked up.
Arthur Thomas was riding in the second truck back of the one being driven by Mr. Deal. The driver of the intermediate truck did not see the accident because of the intervening box cars on the Missouri Pacific side track.
Funeral services for Mr. Deal were held at 2 o'clock this afternoon at the Methodist church. The church service and the service at the grave in Ridge Park Cemetery were conducted by the Rev. Thomas B. Mather, pastor of that church.
Mr. Deal is survived by a son, G. M. Deal, 14 years old, and two brothers, George Deal of Marshall and Roy Deal of Chillicothe. The latter was here for the funeral
The Gilliam Globe
Thursday Dec 17, 1925
According to Mr. Thomas, the fleet of trucks owned by him and George Willming of Marshall had left Kansas City to haul cement out on No. 12 highway. Mr. Deal was driving one of these trucks and was in the lead. The truck contained fifty bags of cement.
Out on Fifty-fourth and Lister the tracks of the Missouri Pacific and Kansas City Southern run parallel and the roadway between them or a short distance. Mr. Deal drove across the Missouri Pacific tracks from the west. Box cars were placed on each side of this grade crossing. Then he turned to the right, following the roadway where it runs between the two railroad tracks. As he made a left turn to cross the tracks of the Kansas City Southern the passenger train, coming up behind him from the north, struck the front part of the truck. The impact threw the back end of the truck against the railroad engine and the steel body of the truck was crumpled like so much paper, it was said.
Mr. Deal was thrown through the sides of the driving cab in which he was sitting and against a telephone pole. The violence with which he struck the pole fractured his spine and then in falling to the ground the victim's neck was broken, it was said. The cushion in the seat of the car was the only part of the truck which was near where Mr. Deal's body was picked up.
Arthur Thomas was riding in the second truck back of the one being driven by Mr. Deal. The driver of the intermediate truck did not see the accident because of the intervening box cars on the Missouri Pacific side track.
Funeral services for Mr. Deal were held at 2 o'clock this afternoon at the Methodist church. The church service and the service at the grave in Ridge Park Cemetery were conducted by the Rev. Thomas B. Mather, pastor of that church.
Mr. Deal is survived by a son, G. M. Deal, 14 years old, and two brothers, George Deal of Marshall and Roy Deal of Chillicothe. The latter was here for the funeral
The Gilliam Globe
Thursday Dec 17, 1925
Details of the fatal killing of Lester Deal Saturday by a Kansas City Southern passenger train at Fifty-fourth St. and Lister, Kansas City, were told today by Arthur Thomas, who was at the accident about five minutes after its occurrence. Mr. Thomas came to Marshall with the body.
According to Mr. Thomas, the fleet of trucks owned by him and George Willming of Marshall had left Kansas City to haul cement out on No. 12 highway. Mr. Deal was driving one of these trucks and was in the lead. The truck contained fifty bags of cement.
Out on Fifty-fourth and Lister the tracks of the Missouri Pacific and Kansas City Southern run parallel and the roadway between them or a short distance. Mr. Deal drove across the Missouri Pacific tracks from the west. Box cars were placed on each side of this grade crossing. Then he turned to the right, following the roadway where it runs between the two railroad tracks. As he made a left turn to cross the tracks of the Kansas City Southern the passenger train, coming up behind him from the north, struck the front part of the truck. The impact threw the back end of the truck against the railroad engine and the steel body of the truck was crumpled like so much paper, it was said.
Mr. Deal was thrown through the sides of the driving cab in which he was sitting and against a telephone pole. The violence with which he struck the pole fractured his spine and then in falling to the ground the victim's neck was broken, it was said. The cushion in the seat of the car was the only part of the truck which was near where Mr. Deal's body was picked up.
Arthur Thomas was riding in the second truck back of the one being driven by Mr. Deal. The driver of the intermediate truck did not see the accident because of the intervening box cars on the Missouri Pacific side track.
Funeral services for Mr. Deal were held at 2 o'clock this afternoon at the Methodist church. The church service and the service at the grave in Ridge Park Cemetery were conducted by the Rev. Thomas B. Mather, pastor of that church.
Mr. Deal is survived by a son, G. M. Deal, 14 years old, and two brothers, George Deal of Marshall and Roy Deal of Chillicothe. The latter was here for the funeral
The Gilliam Globe
Thursday Dec 17, 1925
According to Mr. Thomas, the fleet of trucks owned by him and George Willming of Marshall had left Kansas City to haul cement out on No. 12 highway. Mr. Deal was driving one of these trucks and was in the lead. The truck contained fifty bags of cement.
Out on Fifty-fourth and Lister the tracks of the Missouri Pacific and Kansas City Southern run parallel and the roadway between them or a short distance. Mr. Deal drove across the Missouri Pacific tracks from the west. Box cars were placed on each side of this grade crossing. Then he turned to the right, following the roadway where it runs between the two railroad tracks. As he made a left turn to cross the tracks of the Kansas City Southern the passenger train, coming up behind him from the north, struck the front part of the truck. The impact threw the back end of the truck against the railroad engine and the steel body of the truck was crumpled like so much paper, it was said.
Mr. Deal was thrown through the sides of the driving cab in which he was sitting and against a telephone pole. The violence with which he struck the pole fractured his spine and then in falling to the ground the victim's neck was broken, it was said. The cushion in the seat of the car was the only part of the truck which was near where Mr. Deal's body was picked up.
Arthur Thomas was riding in the second truck back of the one being driven by Mr. Deal. The driver of the intermediate truck did not see the accident because of the intervening box cars on the Missouri Pacific side track.
Funeral services for Mr. Deal were held at 2 o'clock this afternoon at the Methodist church. The church service and the service at the grave in Ridge Park Cemetery were conducted by the Rev. Thomas B. Mather, pastor of that church.
Mr. Deal is survived by a son, G. M. Deal, 14 years old, and two brothers, George Deal of Marshall and Roy Deal of Chillicothe. The latter was here for the funeral
The Gilliam Globe
Thursday Dec 17, 1925
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