The Cadiz Democratic sentinel. [volume] (Cadiz, Ohio) 1854-1864, 1858-04-07

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AWIul Death OF Professor Hudson,
OF fOherIin--Heis Is crushed 20 death
Dy the ecarS--SinguIar rcircumstan-
eeS OF his Death.
The Cleveland Review, Of last Saturday morn
ing, ApFilS Sd, says:
We learn frpm Mr.. Charles Calligan, Of the
Y. & 1. X. X. Co.. who was 4 passenger, that
the train arriving here at 9:53 last night, when
near OlnStead, ran over a man, cutting OF ard
disiigarins his head, and mutilaling the body.
The fireman. who was looking out Of the cab
window, saw man lying across the track, and
Immediately the engine was reversed, and the
brakes put down, but the cars were so near that
this did not avail. The face was so disisured
that it was impossible to ascertain the features.
We are assured from conversation with assis-
tant Superintendent SimpkinS, OF the c. & Z.
that the body is that Of Prof T. B. Hudson. of
ubeflin, and one OF the e'litors of the Ohio Far
mer. The Professor LEFT this city yesterday
evening, at - o'clock, and while at the depot
was talking with Mr. Simpkins Of the hest way
10 get to StroHgyilie, &c. lie was lying, when
first discovered, across the track, his coat torn
and he waved hls hand, but, as we sad before,
the train was too near TO be stopped. Mr.. S.
thinks he must have endeayored to get on the
e. G. & c. train, and fallen, and been dragged
his coat fora Off and he disabled. The Cleye-
land Herald of Saturday afternoon, says:
The Supposition now is, that Prol. Ii. got on
the mail train from Columbus, at Columbia, to
return to Berea; that at OlmStead--a station be-
tween Columbia and Berea-aftcr the cars had
started he perhaps, hading fallen into doze
woke up confused, and surprising the cars had
Just started from the Bcrea station where he
designed to stop attempted to jump off the
cars and was caught and injured so as to be
helpless on the track. Conductor Chapman, of
this train. says that Prof H. did Get on the
train at Columbia and told him that he wanted
to get of at Berea, to which Chapman assented
saying that the cars would stop there. Twice
Prot. Il. remarked TO Chapman that he should
get off at Berea. Prof IL. was in the front end
OF the first passenger car, there being one 9th
or car behind it. After leaving Olmstead sta
ton, when Chapman went through the cars he
noticed the scat before occupied by Prof II.
was vacant, but that fact Of course made no
particular impression upon him
Thus lying helpless upon the track the poor
man was sufficiently conscious 10 know that
the Toledo train was coming down upon him,
yet he was unable TO drag his crushed bones oil
the rail. lie could but raise his hand, and IN
an instant was mapglel beyond even recogui-
ton,
The place where the body of Mr.. Hudson
was found is about fifty Or eighty rods this side
Of Olmstead station, on the joint track Of the
G. c. & G., and the &. Il T. railroads. His
loot prints were found on the earth making
short steps at first, then longer strides, as if
running while holding on to the cars, and ended
at pile Of iron beyond which his body was
found. 1t is supposed that his foot struck the
pile of iron, by which means his hold on the
cars were looSeued, when he fell under the
wheels. This theory is strengthened by the
fact that his shawl, carpet sack and pieces of
clothjng We're found scattered along the track
between the pile of iron and the body.
From the fact that the footprints beginning
with short steps and ending with long Strides
it would seem that Mr. Hudson left the cars at
Olmstead for some purpose and attempted to get
on again when the train was under way. Had
he jumped off the long strides would have come
first.
How horribly Prof II. wss mangled appears
from description Of the remains as given be-
fore Coroner Hartmann:
The body wos horribly mutilated. being turn
ed around itself into the region OF the lower
ribs, so that the back and the abdomen ap-
pcared in one line and the arms had changed
their places, the right one being on the le(tsdc.
No arm was missing, but both of them were in
their upper parts entirely shattered and hung
on the body merely by small piece of skim
All the upper part Of the chest the throat and
face were gone, the spine broken into several
parts and both legs below the knee crushed to
atoms. The upper part of the skull horribly
fractured and cut, portion of the spine, the
part of the tongue, the larynx and portion of
The brain were pickad LID senaratelY.