Joe Roth

Joe Roth, a Frenchman, familiarly known as "French Joe," and a well known character about the depot, died on Monday of cancer, from which he had been suffering for some time. He became worse a week or so ago and was taken to a local hospital, where he had good care and treatment to the last. Roth was a cripple and had but one eye.


Source: The Centralia News-Examiner, Friday, 17 Feb 1905, page 1.

Transcribed by Diana Smith. She has no further information on this individual.