Clayton Weinhold, aged 55, of West Myerstown, a cigar maker, barber, and township real estate assessor for many years, was killed in a distressing accident on the Reading transit street car tracks, on Sunday evening, not far from his home. The street car had left Lebanon at 6 o'clock in charge of Conductor Earl Stager and Motorman John Hartman, and it was about half an hour later as the car neared Groh's crossing, at West Myerstown, that Hartman saw a black object lying on the track ahead, but he was upon It before he realized that it was the body of a man. The next instant the under-rigging of the car caught the prostrate body, and before the car could be stopped the body was badly mangled. Life was extinct when the body was extricated from the motor under the car. The fact that the arm and leg was found to be broken was taken as evidence that the man may have been struck by an automobile and his body cast upon the tracks, but this was not determined, and Dr. A. W. Shultz, the county coroner, is investigating the fatality today. Dr. Shultz was out of the city on Sunday and was not available when called for the accident, but his deputy, Charles D. Weirick, Esq., was located after some delay and he ordered Undertaker Bahney, of Myerstown, to take charge of the body. The accident crippled the car and traffic was interrupted until nine o'clock, when the incapacitated car was taken away. Other cars ran as far as West Myerstown in the meantime. It was 9 o'clock before the body was removed and in the interim, hundreds of people looked at the gory sight. Weinhold lived for many years in West Myerstown. He was an ambitious fellow and worked at cigar making during the day, and barbered his neighbors at night. He was not a skilled mechanic, but did considerable business among those not inclined to be over critical of workmanship in view of cut rates. He was also the township assessor, and served the district in that capacity for a long term of years. He was re-elected to the post at last Tuesday's election. He was also musically inclined and played the violin well. He was leader of the Lutheran Sunday school orchestra at Myerstown. He leaves his wife, and six children, all living at home, Harold, a chemist, in the employ of the Bethlehem Steel Company, in this city; Esther, a school teacher, in Jackson township; Verna, Helen, Raymond, and Lucy. [Lebanon Semi-Weekly News, November 9, 1925, Page 1 & 2]