Unidentified Young Man Killed by Train, October 1920

The body of an unknown youth of apparently 17 years was found beside the Southern railway track about three miles south of this place early Friday. The skull was broken and death was caused by being struck by a passing train, according to the verdict of the coroner's jury. Appearances at the scene indicated he had been sitting near the rails and had probably gone to sleep. the only thing on the body giving promise of identification were two tickets from grocery stores in Caldwell, West Virginia, one made to Clarence Davis and the other to A.C. Davis. Telegrams were sent this afternoon to the firms indicated but replies had not been received tonight. The body is being held by a local undertaker. (From the front page of The Daily Record, Hickory, N.C., October 2, 1920)