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Train Decapitates Coal House Kid

Tuesday night, Irving Behrendt, known as the “Coal House Kid,” and Carl Fritz started to walk to Ouray and from there to attempt to catch trains to Reno in time to witness the prize fight.

The time was so limited that many of their friends tried to dissuade them from making the venture, but they had made up their minds to go.

Friday morning, word came by telephone fro…