September 1, 1908
WASN'T WORKING ON WIRES.
J. W. Harris Had No Business on
Pole From Which He Fell.
No reason has been found why J. W. Harris of Topeka, who was killed yesterday afternoon, near Fourth street and Roland avenue, Kansas City, Kas., by falling off a telephone pole, should have been tampering with the wires of the Home Telephone Company. He died from the effects of a broken back at noon yesterday.
All the electrical companies with wires at the spot where he was working at the time of the accident accounted for all their men yesterday.
A brother of Harris came to Kansas City, Kas., last night and will return to Topeka with the body this morning. He says his brother was a lineman and was in good standing in Topeka. The stranger who was with Harris at the time of the mishap has not been found and no one who saw the two men working among the wires could give the police a description of him.
Labels: Kansas City Kas, telephone, Topeka, Utilities
