“Found Dead on Railroad Track, Robert Styles of Auburn meets death at Scipio,” The Post-Standard (Syracuse, NY), 16 Jul 1912
Found Dead on Railroad Track
Robert Styles of Auburn meets death at Scipio—funeral services on Thursday
Special to the Post-Standard
Auburn, July 16—Funeral services will be held Thursday for Robert Styles of No. 67 Elisabeth Street, who met death under the wheels of a train at Scipio some time last night or early this morning. His body was not found until the morning.
Coroner Andrew J Forman spent this afternoon conducting an investigation which he does not expect to complete for a few days. He took statements from Engineer William King and Conductor E. Witherell of a train which left for Ithaca last night. John Graney, a track inspector, who discovered the body, was also questioned.
Besides his wife, Mr. Styles is survived by eight children, Katherine, 21; Edward, 19; Lawrence, 15; Robert, 15; William, 11; George, 8; Margaret, 5, and Charles, 1 year; two brothers, Thomas and James Styles, and four sisters, Mrs. Annie Nulty, Mrs. Katherine Hayes, Miss Margaret Styles and Mrs. Mary Machin.