The Hillsborough recorder., 1875-10-27

hNS NhiNTf "A nv tttdH} Nfd1fAtuttt uaNhctt
aud the depot agent, MI TT Smith, wa
sent for. He arrived. an.lthe body wa
lifted oft the track, 10 be out Of tile way
oftrains. ~Newspf the casllaltyswas lllel
entto the Sheriiti ian,l ms earlyas la,ssibI,
Deputy Sheriil'S. II. Iarrow went to lh'
spot where etliefremiins We're lying. HI,
exam iHed the clothing, and 'in0ne,p III,
packets of the pants found ai; none,
which lia,l been paid Dulin on the even
ing before, ONE dollar. IN was hy
this money and papers In his pockets,
that ilelMas Identified Aaff2 'f
IthaviHg been tscertainpd that Coroner
alexander was out 6f the county, III,
Clerk Of the Court rtabout ,noon, aplpinIe,
Deputy sheriff i'aarrroiw to hold an inquest,
summoned tie foildwlng jurors. 4 6
Trouer, K q 'rinilnons, Wm Boyd, J B
Ross, JAS y Long, ] II Davidson, Il B
Wallace, NV Chalk. Jos Mclaughlin,
J W!siiller, WIZ euihbertsoB and EW
Perddt, and will. these and Df J L hlc~
Combs, proceeded to where the body was
lying. The. writer Of this accompanied
the party. The sight presented upon ar
lriying there, was one which, once seen,
will never be forgotten. close TO the cat,
tie guard Was the first evidence Of blood;
here Il. where the train struck and ran
pyer the head. and all taround were lying
brains and pieces Of skull;a little further
on, between two cross-ties, was lying just
half % The head and face us ifle Lad been
cleft In the centreof the head with an axe;
on tlieiright of this laid his neck lie and
onihe ieff Iiht bottle ofcorn whiskry
with about one drink gone; tile bottle Was
uHbrOkell and the cork was still int. A
little furihprup the track, laid one hand.
cutoff just above the wrist; a.lil,lc further
still, was q part Of his overcoat. and about
2s yards frbni where the arst blomi was
left Of the body. This, with we Saw il,
had been liftc,l from between the rails an,i
placed oil the si,ie0f thetrac Allalong,
over this % yards, blooi. brains. pieces Of
clothing and portions Of skull bones,
covered The ground and ties. One does
not care 10 see such a sight more than
onceip a life time. The lody was head
less, aud oi,e arm, which had been broken
IN I score oi places, llungto the Shoulder
py thcskin. FrOn tile hips up, the trunk
was nude. aud was perfect Jelly; the sur
gepp ci,aisi hardly lindla sound spot on IT,
The legs were not broken, strangely
enough, and the sliocs remainded on the
feet. l.i sila "a
Thejury Of inquest heard the testimony
Of Mr.. smith, which Is embmiedin tile
aIoSe statement, but postponed making
upa verdict untllto-alorrow at tllo'clock,
ut which time tile engineer and fireman,
of the iist train was, made, yesterday
Blood and brains werefoun.l
spattered aIiovertle lover machinery or
the locomotive, aud a portion of the dead
mans shirt was found on tile foremost
truck Of the Third card. Abnllt the place
where the accident occurred, 1.-THE fng>
ments Of what had been a human bring,
were scatieredall ,aroand; ainI formed Il
sight which was sickening, 10 thepxtrenie.
What couIdbe pieke,,up of fwl,at was once
Wm Dnlin, was gathered together, ye+-
terday afternoon, hya relative, who hau
been seni for, and Wrapped Ina sheet.
which was placellin u coffin and CARRIED
10 the family luTying ground. aH1
Deceased wasa man about 81 years of
ngc. lie was lunmarrieJ, but Sag tlrc
guardian af several children of deuut
Lrothef Or sister; and these lived with
him. He wf,s a well to.,io farmer, and
bore an excellent character. His was
frightful death, and the circumstances
under whieh Il neclired, fe9der Il prcu,
Iiariy sad. The story carried alItile SER
nnal with Il, but We will let better. men
elaborate It. 0sila a9Aih ~
atti 81! 80 z sal.'s53
The Richmond Dispatch says The iban
Eho suppvses that the Ohio electieD wns
a j a. 81 No
oss on The apti.resumption sriestion il
,reatly W erreT, Ilaycsss nlajnrity 10 the
State Is les than hn majority il Cuyahoga
'otnty. y, that that county conimlled che
itate. Perhaps pnr ilea of the fact Of The
ase--and as u eyhlenesd hy the extracts
se published las, week fnp Ohio 10 pers
--raay DO lss~t clearly stated is the general
opposition that u tho l;opnblitaps had bad
he Dcmocratic platform Oh the currency
question. and the. Democrats the Ileppbli.
'sA plsiform on that gilest1n. Hayes ma
ority would have been forty tlonand. The
question. N olhsr words, saved
Allen from oscrwhelisii,. defeat. Nothing
slse prevented the fght frors being soIely
ipon tAe Gtghag law, and iSe puddle
'chools. aud the k,yn. and an sorts of
lucMfuns ef similar impQrl. Upon those
swnps hlea wsald have been buried be.
seath al oyershelning majority. Bnt
wisely he kept the csrrency qnesiios sbose
VI others. and 50 saved himself froma dis.
graceful Jefeal. Substantially ,he victory
: With himus that qnesiisil. lbs was bea.
'en on other issues. q y ~ W
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