Killed by Train: Fragments of flesh and bones representing less than half of the bodies of A.B (Brant) Crow, aged 32, and his young brother Richard Crow,17, who resided at Sellmeyer spur, on the Helena Branch railroad, 4 miles south of Knobel, were found scattered for a great distance along the railroad track from a point about 2 miles south of Knobel where northbound passenger train No.10 struck the unfortunates just before midnight last Saturday.
Small parts of their bodies were found on the locomotive after that train arrived at Poplar Bluff Sunday morning. All that could be gathered of their remains, collected by friends and citizens, and placed in a small box, was brought to Knobel Sunday morning where Esq. C.B Cox, acting coroner, empanelled a jury and held an inquest, whose verdict accorded with these statements. The Crow brothers were last seen alive as they left Knobel for their home Saturday evening about 7 o'clock with a jug of whiskey. The elder Crow leaves a widow and three children. The young men were sons of Parson Crow, a Baptist minister. **July 19,1915***
The family did not believe that the brothers were drunk nor did they believe that it was an accident, but they had no way to prove or disprove the story. What the article did not say was that the mens shoes were never found and no money was found lying around anywhere and both men had extra money on them and both had on new shoes when they left Lafe to get the whiskey. The family at that time felt that the men had picked up the jug of whiskey, started back home and someone followed them, robbed them of their shoes and money, killed them and put the bodies on the tracks, along with their dog that was with them (which by the way was not mentioned in the article). Both men were the sons of George D. and Artencia Mae (Kersey) Crow of Lafe. Brant (A.B) was married at the time to Eva McDonald and had 3 children. Thank you again Donna for sharing this story with us.
Killed by Train
