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Obituary

Private funeral services for Miss Emma Warth, 42, of 424 South Plane street, who killed herself by stepping in front of Burlington route fast passenger train No. 9 at the Lucas avenue crossing here Saturday afternoon, will be held at the residence tomorrow afternoon at 2 o'clock with burial in Aspen Grove cemetery. The body will be taken home from Prugh's chapel tomorrow. Identification of the suicide victim as Miss Warth was made Saturday evening by her mother, Mrs. Anna Warth with whom she made her home. The body was badly mangled, both feet being cut off and the head and chest crushed. Her identity was first indicated by the contents of her purse and a description of the dress she wore, and alter verified by her mother. Miss Warth had told her mother she planned to go to the library when she left home Saturday, but A.C. Parks, 1712 Delaware street, flagman at the crossing where the tragedy took place, states that she loitered in the vicinity of the crossing for more than a half hour, indicating that she was waiting for No. 9, which was 35 minutes late and was pulled by two engines. She walked up the track to meet the train and was carried about 100 feet. Harry C. Turner, 200 South Gunnison street was piloting the front locomotive and Dan Seward of Galesburg was engineer on the second one, C.W. Ball of Creston was conductor. It is understood that none of the train crew saw the accident or knew it had happened as the train did not stop. Miss Warths body was found between the rails after the train passed. Her watch had stopped at exactly 4 o'clock. LaMonte Clark of Centerville, whose car was stopped at the crossing substantiated the testimony of the flagman regarding the deliberateness of the suicide. When the flagman divined Miss Warth's intention of letting the train hit her he yelled a warning at her but she gave no indication that she heard him. She came north on Lucas avenue, ran east across the street and walked down th westbound track about 30 feet where she was hit. Miss Warth was born in Burlington June 11, 1890, the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Warth. She attended West Hill school and Burlington high school and graduated from the state University of Iowa. She has been teaching for 17 years, most of the time in the Cleveland high school, and returned here in June to spend her vacation. Besides her mother she is survived by two brothers and a sister, Joseph, William and Anna Warth all of Burlington. Her father died two years ago and a brother, Edward, died two months ago.