The Cambria freeman. [volume] (Ebensburg, Pa.) 1867-1938, 1867-06-13

JonNsrowN. JUNE 10, 1867.

A<c-<t = [fcctt<4ft--h u0fiAoic ocCuA .cuSS
transpired here on Thursday last, resulting
IN the instant aud violent death Of q young
man named Leopold Geiser. The full pars
ticulars OF this heart-rending affair are as
follows: Geiser and man named John
Brimmer were employed at the rolling mill
In cutting old and imperfect rails into suita-
BILE lengths for pudding and re-rolling. at
machine known as '.cold shears" This
machine is propelled by small engine,
to which is attached fiy-wheel of about 10
feet in diameter, and is situate in the lower
part of the right wing of the old mill. The
wheel of which have spoken is partly out
side Of the mill, and that portion Of it is
covered by shed roof Under this foof and
close to this wheel the parties mentioned
were standing. on Thursday morning last.
and, as several fellow workmen in their M
| mediate vicinity afterwards testified. high
! words were passing between them. but as
! they were frequently teasing and playing
| tricks upon each other the bystanders did
| not pav particular attention to them until
| thew were Mortified to see Brimmer push
/ Geiser violently towards the fy-wheel. and
| in an instant Of tims he appeared on theop-
| posite side of the wheel with his head almost
severed from his body. It was a horrible
but instantaneous death, as in falling his
head projected through one of the arms of
/ IQ4 WHICH,, anu dragging 0I0l DOWN T0rOuQl
an aperture scarcely large enough for a
mans body. he was cast up over the foun-
| dation upon which its axis turns, and thrown
| a distance of several feet into the mill pro.
per. The body was conveyed to the resi-
dence Of his cousin, in Conemaugh borough.
Coroner's inquest summoned, and after a
patient investigation of the facts, including
the sworn depositious of a number of wit
nesses, verdict was given to the effect, that
Leopold Geiser came to his death in the
manner described, and duplicating John
4 Brimmer as the instigation thereof. Upon
the verdict of the Coroner's jury Brimner
was sent up on Friday to answer for the
premeditated killing of Geiser. Leopold
Geiser was only l9 years OF age at the time
OF his sudden and tragic death, and had al
ways borne an excellent character. John
Brimmer, whether the innocent or premedi-
tated cause OF the victims sudden and awful
end it is not my province to say, is, / un-
derstand, native of France, and had been
employed but short time at the work
spoken Of he is dark and swarthy In ap-
pearance, and has bad countenance, and
is apparently about SO years of age. After
pushing Geiser into the wheel he went to
his dinner bucket, and ate his dinner as
ccmposedly as If nothing extraordinary had
transpired. Quite difference of opinion
exists as to whether the act was premedi-
tated one, but it would be of course injudi-
cious IN your correspondent to make auy
comments at the present time.
a terrible accident occurred just below
the depot on Saturday evening, by which q
son of Mr.. Hugh Williams OF Millville, only
four years OF age, lost one OF his limbs The
unfortunate little fellow had clambered up
the steep emoankment at the point indl-
Gated and had caught hold OF the stlrrup o.