The Weekly Kansas chief. [volume] (Troy, Kan.) 1872-1918, 1872-11-28
State News.


YESTERDAY furcn0Vn as the northwar,l boupd
passenger train approached Godfrey, coal sta.
fion on the Gulf road, four miles below this city.
the persons congregatetl alou. hc .pct observed
man rushing towards the track with the evil
dent purTOsc Uf throwing himself under the train,
lie wxs caught, h"wever icfnrc accun,l l,lisliims
his PURPOSE. Asaiu, when the train moved eff hu
made second acSperafe efiprt to gain the track,
but was ag.im j'rcvrnf-,l. During the day rcv
ersl coal trains sss-d the station, and each time
the desperstes becker after death repeated his
horrible sttxnpt 10 thrs'w himself under the
crushing whaHls of the heavy trains; but each
time be wasy trsstratrsl in his iesigns 10y the
watchfnIness The men alrBat the depot. At
Godfrey for Fort Scott and this time the fearfnly
infatuated n'su escaped the vigilance Of his
watchers and succeeded in his terrible determine
tiOo to immolase himself beneath the mcrcilcss
car wleels. 4ff<r the train left he was missed
asd search l,eing made his bcsly was found upon
the track litsssily eat in two, and Otherwise
nutilafetl in ti6e most horrible manner.
He Was an ettire stranger to those at the station,
no one knowing whence he came or any partic-
nIars concefsiRg him, and thcr- WAS nothing
found npon his I,cTson to establish his identity.
He had evidcntly been drinking for long time
and was nndsabtedly insane from the effects Of
lifuor.-fsrf Seoa !.:'ositor.
THE community were surprised and sadalenetl.
On Tscsaisy morning last, by tie finding of the
dead l'0.ly of the ferrymxu st this places Swete
iam'iiariy known n Capt HOhlenb~rg The
faets, - ws leasued them. ns~m to l,e that after
midnight the beat erussed over To the North shre
With Ar. T.. n. Atkinson ~ . passengrr-the
ferryman being s6oard, but unable. frs,m iutoxi-
cafiou, Ia work the lsoat and obliginx his pass@n-
ger to work himself acruss. IL seems that after
the landing, Mr.. H. must have gone to the edge
0f the boat. the snge end. for s0nse purposc
fallen ovesbsAsd aasa alone aud helpless missraby
Perished. He. wss found in the morning lying
Close to the boat; his feet tOuchiuG il, and his
bead under tie Zee that had fBsused about him.
l ne body ~As Fen0ved, snd the -Cos0ner's Jury
which pet ord -exaAinsd Il returned verdict Of
- Death By see3aeafsl dEowning.7
fhe ~Capeaiu," 70 unilesssanil waA st one
time eweslisA spldief. end member ofthe body
guard Of Swedish King, and had seen great
sest Of active service. He had fosr children, now
N Sweden, tn whom the pcws Of his death in this
lar away land, viii be . ssd me~aagc.-RsPublie
rsfiry E.pir.
BUFFALO IN FORcE.-A dispatch ffom Fort
Dosige says construction train en the Afchson
md Santa F~ railroad ran into herd Of buffalo
To-day covering an extent Of country ten miles
nng by two wide. The valleys are fnll of huDters
Fourteen hundred buffalo hides and saddles were
'rought into Fort Dodge to-day.
HutchinsSa 70 but Quo year old snsi contsins SIX |
'nndred inhahitanfA . n~wspsPer. ennrch, bank,
chool house and st0rss u all kinds. Inere - nsE
liquor saloon In the city, which y fee'arAacse
sashx for . fsuptier tswn.
Al Ottawa they hsve trsnaSofmsa On sneie.f
choot bssnse into . court ha.se ma ~ Sefeu-
nent headquarters eoabsnea-