Western Reserve chronicle. [volume] (Warren, Ohio) 1855-1921, 1861-04-17

acrt - IN the local column HI mason III,
ClHrk. wss formerly Of Braeeyille. in this coun.
ty. He vas a young man, Of some % years oil
age or theresbOuts.
BOseoszLL GRAST Go, WIS, April sth 1861.
Aessrs. EatOrs:-Asa former citizen of your
county xas killed on tae Rail Road. near this
place. last week, / thought a short account of it
might not be uninteresdng to sOne Of your rea-
dsrs.
The name Of the man killed. was Mason NJ.
Clark. he travelled tie greater part Of the
night on Tuesday night last. in order to reach
this place for the IRONING train going east, in
tending. Gas be told in town here) to 60 to Nil
waskse % get work on a boat Being too late
for the trais after remaining IN town until the
Afternoon, he started to walk on the rail road
as Ear a. he could get until a train would over
take him. He was seen 8 short distance from
where he was found dead, apFareRtly sober,
nakiag his way east. The Height train com
log west, ran over him, severiHg his head from
his body. and hanging the latter very much
The engineer in charge Of the train, says he
did not discover the person laying on the track
until IL wss too late 10 stop. There are several
circumstance which leads many to believe that
Clark was murdered, and placed there in or
der to deceive the public, He was seen with
several dollars in money before leaving town:
He also had a watch. Neither the latter. nor
his pocket book. nor money was found on his
pecson- The engineer says he was laying with
his neck or head seroee the rail. on one
side with his feet reaching to the rail on
the other side, face down wards. and his
coat thrown over him loosely. And this. the
engineer says. deceived him. as he did not know
but that It was the clothes of some Of the repairs
hands dropped, or blown there. until it was
too late to atop the train He further says ther=
was not . motion made, before. or after the
train passed oSe him, that he could Sc. An
ing uest was held. but nothing trAnspired to
warrant the jury in saying that he was actually
murdered. They were rather Of the opinion
that he was intoxicated, and the sun being very
warm, and he. fCsarkt having lost his sleep
the night previous, that he deliberately laid
doxn and vent 70 sleep and was killed. thus
adding another victim to the esDse of intemper-
saee. but Notwithstanding this Eerdict. one half
Or more of the community thinks he was muir
dsred.
At huscOds, some 20 miles east Of this, yes
terday / met with the Rev. Albert BrunsOn, 3
Methodist Preacher who says he preached the
6rst sermon ever preached in Warren. Heis
now nearly 20 years old. and has charge OF two
appointments, on the Railroad, viz: Avoca, and
kuseOda, preaching two sermons every Sab
bath 1t these places on. slterbate Sabbaths.-
Es reeOlIected and made many enquiries about
the older citizens Of your place. Amongst the
rest the fathers OF both the Editors Of the ChrOn-
iele. This venerable old man has been labor
lag for 20 or 50 yean as a pioneer minister and
meeting with respect from ell who know him.
In the same town yesterday, another man pro-
fessing 70 be q Baptist minister was take= up
Eoc having stolen two gold watches frOm the
family off member of his flock. the night pre-
xiouss His zane is Johnson. J4.
hisaTe Y wet and backward spring here;
little OF DosPring crops put in yet. and there is
much rain There 10 however plenty of old
grain in the country.
Great excitement prevails throughout the
Western country in regari to the secession
movement The mail trains at every station
are beset by crowds Of persons anxious to get
the Chieagcan Milwaukee daily papers. to see
whether anything has been done in the way Of
fighting down SOuth. which everybody goes in
for here. or nearly %. they say they vAntto
knOs whether they have . government or not.
tS5GEz FOurs, &c. 3.