BOY DIES ON A CAR TOP.
Smoke and Fumes Suffocate
Fred Higgs.
Fred Higgs, 15 years old, who lived with his sister, Mrs. Josie Hall, at 1424 Grand avenue, was found dead on top of an express car at Lamar, Mo., Tuesday. He had been suffocated by the fumes and smoke from the engine. The Higgs boy started to New Orleans in company with Jerry O'Connnor, Burt Tralle and Willie Smith. Jerry O'Connor rode inside, and, at Iron Mountain, Mo., two of the boys were discovered by the conductor and put off the train. The Higgs boy was dead and his legs hanging over the edge of the car when the train stopped at Lamar.
