Holmes County Republican. [volume] (Millersburg, Holmes County, Ohio) 1856-1865, 1858-04-15
Death Of PROT. r. b. Hudson Of
the 0herlim COLLEGE.

Death Of Prot. r. b. Hudson oi
the Oberlin College.
On Thursday night, April 1st Prof
Hudson of 0berlin lost his life IN the most
distressing manner, upon the Z. Y, q u
Railroad, near Olmsted, Cuyahoga County
It appears that he got upon the tram a;
Columbus, intending to get of at Berea
that probably by mistake he got off al
Olmsted. and in attempting to get upon
the train after it was in motion, fell disabled
upon the track, and lay there until the
Toledo train came rushing over him, mangl-
ing him in the most horrible manner.
The Cleveland Herald says:
Thus laying helpless upon the track, the
poor man sufficiently conscious to know
that the Toledo train was coming down up
on him, vet he was unable to drag his
crushed bones off the rail. He could but
raise his hand and in an instant was mangl-
ed beyound even recognition. Words can
not depict such an event. and the sad event
will fill the hearts of the friends of this
good man with inexpressible sadness.
FURTHER PARTICULARS.
The place where the body of Mr.. Hud-
son was found is about fifty to eighty rods
this side of 0lmsted station, on the joint
track of the G. C. & c., and the C. d T,
Rail Roads. His foot prints were found
on the earth making short steps at first
then longer strides as if frunning whilst hold
ing on to the cars, and ended at a pile of
iron, by which means his hold on the cars
was loosened, when he fell under the wheels.
This theory is strengthened by the fact that
his shawl, carpet sack, and pieces of cloth
ing were found scattered along the track
between the pile of iron and the body.
From the fact of the footprints begin
ming with short steps and ending with long
strides it would seem that Mr.. Hudson left
the cars at Olmsted for some purpose and
attempted to get on again while under
way. Had be jumped of, the long strides
would have come first. The only point
against theory is that in the case Of his
leaving the cars for few minutes he would
probably have left bis shall or carpet sack
on the seat.
The body was brought to Cleveland by
the train. The Herald further says:
How horrible Prof. H. was mangled ap-
pears from a description of the remains as
given before Coroner Hartman.
The body was horribly mutilated, being
turned around itself in the region of the
lower, ribs, SO that the back and the abdo-
men appeared in one line and the arms had
changed their places; the right one being
on the left side. No arm was missing, but
both of them were in their upper parts en-
tirely shattered and hung ON the body mere
ly by small piece of skin. All the upper
part of the chest, the throat and face were
gone. the spine broken inte several parts
and both legs below the knees crushed to
atoms. The upper part of the skull hor-
rible fractured and cut, portion of the
spine, the fore part of the tongue larynx
and portion of tie brain were picked up
separately.
The remains of the deceased were taken
to Oberlin in last evenings train, under
charge of Professors Fairchild and Das-
comb. The funeral will be held on Sun
day, and it will be the saddest scene ever
witnessed within the walls of that large
church.
Prof. Hudson was native Of Chester,
Geauga County;-born in 1914; he was,
we believe grand son of the late David
Hudson, eminent among the early settlers.
The. Heraldsays:
In 1886, at the age of %, he went to
.Oberlin as student and teacher, and about
1888 was elected Prof. Of Mathematics; !;
which position he has ably filled, we be-
lieve, ever since. Prof. Hudson was crit
zeal scholar, and one too who looked TO the
practical effort of theories. Hehas contrib
uted, editorially, his attainments in science
as applied to agricultural to the Ohio
Farmer, although not known as the os--
tensible editor He was singularly retir-
ing and modest, stunning notoriety, al
ways laboring from the pure motive Of do
ing good.
His distressed family, we are told, is left
in comfortable circumstances. Prof. Hud-
son having in addition to snug property,
procured an insurance of two thousand dol
lars of bis life.
As a scholar, citizen as husband and
father and as christian, Prof. Hudson was
shining example. He met most cruel
death, and one that brings shudder as Of
ten as it recurs to the memory, but if time
was given him for o. word as he fell be-
meath that crushing train, it twas l am
raod,.D