from The Republican (Danville, Indiana)--issue of Thursday, November 17, 1910—page 1, column 6:
FATALLY INJURED
Harry Bryant Leaps from Moving Train to Death
Harry Bryant, the seventeen year old son of Mr. and Mrs. Bennett Bryant, was almost instantly killed in jumping from a freight train at Hadley, on the Big Four, at 10:30 Sunday morning.
In company with Cecil Helton, a school-mate of his own age, the boys had gone up the cut, west of Danville, and caught a freight to ride to Hadley and jumped off to visit some friends. When the train reached Hadley it was running too fast for them to jump and the boys continued a quarter of a mile further, when Bryant jumped, and was thrown against a car and rolled over between the double tracks. Helton stuck to the train a quarter of a mile further on, when it slowed up and he jumped. He ran back, to find his companion breathing his last. The train had stopped in the meantime, backed up, picked up the body and took it to the station. A hole in the back of the boy's head, causing a depressed compound fracture of the skull, told the story. It is supposed that the momentum of the train threw the boy against the steps or boxing of the wheels in such a manner as to cause the wounds. Coroner Allred was called, and after viewing the remains and hearing the testimony of witnesses, returned a verdict in accordance with the facts.
The funeral was yesterday morning.