[Keith H. Thompson]

saying that my personal persuasion (based upon Mike Sowell's book) is that Ed was murdered for the flashy necktie stickpin he was flaunting and monies on his person, most likely by the sole watchman on the bridge. The watchman gave several different conflicting stories then and later depending upon who was asking the questions. As fascinating as any of them was: "how did you end up with Ed's silk top hat and your train hat was found wedged on the tracks?" At least two of his stories about where Ed "fell off" the bridge, each different from the other, were demonstrably impossible.
No investigation was ever prosecuted very seriously, and no person was ever found guilty of anything. The court case vs Michigan Central was successful, although (I believe) Norine received a judgement of only three thousand and her child two thousand. But then, Norine would not be the first nor the only ballplayer's wife required to live in virtual poverty while the celebrity ballplayer "played the circuit."