The Conservative. (M'connelsville, Ohio) 1866-1871, 1869-07-16
A SAnARFAIR
AlonsOn Cary,Treasurer ana Secretary
Of the So. Paul Railway Company,
instantly killed at P~evaukee.

From Tie EVENING Wisconsing July g. ~
on. conmunit5 received 4 Severe shoek
last eveninq upon Learning fhat ALoNson
Cam, Treasuref 6hd. Secretary of the st.
Paul Railway Company, had been instantly
killed at Pewaukee, by being run over by a
train Of cara. Mr.. CARY went out yester-
day afternoon on the 2 o'clock train of the
La Crosse Division, intending TO gosas far.
AS Pewhukee, where he world meet the.
incoming truin and return home upon il.
He took a seat and rode out in the baggage
car. As The train drew up {. the depot. at
Pewaukee Che incoming train was seen on a
side track waiting, and the engineer sig
nailed to have it wait for a passenger. Mr..
Cary had been sitting in the baggage eat
and evidently fell into q dose. as the
train slackened he started mp, saw the train
IN the side track, and passing out of the
car took hold Of the rniling and attempted
20. step upon The platform. Not letting go
Of the railing he was drawn back and fell
between the cars, four passenger coaches
passing over his body and killing him in
stantly. The train had nearly slackened
speed at the time, and went but q few feet
further before coming to n full stop.
fastening back the remains of Mr.. CARY
we're found on the track, but there was no
sign Of life, and his death had been instan-
taneous. The body was s%hockingly man
gled. The remains were taken up and
brought in blythe incoming train, placed in
n casket and taken to the home of his fmi-
ly last evening. f
A watch ON the body Of Mr.. CARY stop
ped at three minutes of three o'clock,
showing this TO have been the exact time
Of his death.
Alonson Cary was about 4s years Of age.
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camo TO Milwaukee about the year 1847,
and engaRedin The capacity of book Keeper
for the firm Of Merrill & Firman, then ship
carpenters in this city. Afterwards he was
engaged as clerk IN the Post Office under
the administration off. A. Noonan ESQ,
Post Master. From this he went into the
service Of Alanson Sweet in his warehouse,
and continued In the same place under the
successive firm Of Wheeler 4 Co. The lat
ter house was also doing business at Troy,
N. Y, under the style of Russell Sage &
Co. and to this place Mr.. Cary was tans-
ferred, and thus dawned the ACQUAINTANCE
with Mr.. Sage which ripened into that con-
idence in his answering integrity, fidelity
and capacity, which, when the control Of
the Milwaukee & 81. Paul Railroad came
into the hands Of that gentleman and his
friends, pointed him out as q proper per-
Sun 10 DC enNIubJeu Win the money ana
records of the company; and accord
ingly he was, on the LIST day Of July, 1868,
elected Treasurer and Secretary of the
company, and has continued with il till the
time of his death, witnessing it's growth
and prosperity, and growing with equal
rapidity in the confidence and respect of
the directors, stockholders, officers and
employees Of the company.
Mr.. Cary was an active and honored
member Of the Independent Order Of Odd
Fellows, and was most highly esteemed by
his brethren; He was also a COMMUNICATE
and vestryman OF st. Johns (Episcopal)
Church, in this city, and was there hon
ored and beloved. ~
In all the relations Of fife Mr.. Cary was
an efficient and exemplary man; above re-
proach, beloved, honored and confded in
by all. His remarkably genial disposition
caused sunshine In the social circle.
He leaves a wife, and six children of ten
der years, on whom his sudden death falls
with crushing weight, but we will not in
wade the sanctity Of the domestic circle
and unfold the great grief that there per-
vades all breasts. His family have the un-
divided sympathy of the entire commune
ty. OF him it can be we'll said;
"The earth that bears him dead,
Bears not dltue a rRUER MAN"