THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 19, 1908
THE OSCEOLA DEMOCRAT
MYSTERIOUSLY INJURED Conductor E. L. Lamburger of freight train No. 17, came staggering into the depot Wednesday night in a dazed condition, about an hour after his train had pulled out for Creston, he was unable to talk much but it is said that he kept repeating the words, "I missed it." Upon examination it was found that he had been badly bruised and bore ugly cuts on the back of his head and neck. Preparations to send him home to Ottumwa but his injures were so severe it was necessary to send for a doctor and after his wounds were dressed and he was taken to Ottumwa. He had not been missed from the train until it had reached Creston and then they backed up searching for him. The train had been switching in the yards here and Conductor Lamburger had given them the signal to pull out of town but he was left, whether he was knocked off the train by falling coal, or tramps beat him and put him off, or whether he attempted to board the train and missed his footing in the dark, is yet a mystery as far as we could ascertain at this time. On the way to Ottumwa, he was unconscious when the train reached Chariton.
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