Waterloo, IA Train Wreck, May 1899 - Dead Claimed by Relatives

DEAD CLAIMED BY RELATIVES.

All Bodies in Waterloo Wreck Believed to Be Recovered.

Waterloo, Ia., May 29.- All but one of the seven dead bodies taken from Sunday morning's wreck have been claimed by friends or relatives. The one that has not been claimed is that of EDWIN BARKER. His place of residence is unknown. The remains of Conductor GEORGE WAINWRIGHT have been shipped to Burlington, those of Pullman Conductor F. S. CARPENTER and F. K. HALLO to St. Louis, W. A. MCLAUGHLIN to Minneapolis, E. L. ARNOLD to Muskegon, Mich., and W. R. SCHWEPPE to Alton, Ill.

The unknown man who was killed in the wreck on the Burlington, Cedar Rapids & Northern railroad near this city yesterday morning has been identified as EDWIN J. BAKER of Hot Springs, Ark., by a telegram which was received from Mrs. Baker tonight. It is believed that there are no more bodies in the wreck.

It has developed today that the clothes of some of the killed and injured were rifled by thieves while they were pinned under the wreckage. The friends of DAVID I. HALLO of Minneapolis, who arrived today, state that he wore a diamond ring worth $300 and had $400 in money. When the body was found the ring was gone and only a small amount of money was in his pocket. A gold watch belonging to E. L. ARNOLD, another of the killed, was missing and was subsequently found in the possession of a young man who claimed he had picked it up.

The Nebraska States Journal, Lincoln, NE 30 May 1899