The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1877-08-09
THE UNKNOWN DEAD.
Killed on N, Rail-Eo Home, no Friends and
Lone Grave IN POter'S Field.

Last Saturday morning at hAlfpast one o'clock,
a man unknown to this community was killed
by the fourth or fifth section Of number twelve,
frelghts bound eastward, there being eight sec
uons, The first known Of the case was the find.
ing of his mutilated body by the train men Of sec
tion five; 1t was lying under that section cut,
bleeding and mashed into shape almost unrec-
ogni2able and was moved TO the warehouse in
the freight depot where 1t lay until Coroner
Altekruse came on the eight o'clock train Upon
the arrival Of the coronera jury was summoned
and viewed the body, or fractions Of IT, as they
laid on truck In the freight house. Nothing
could be done In the way of taking testimony
until the arrival Of the employees Of the freight
train, and consequently the inquest was post
poned until one o'clock, when Conductor Jacob
Unkefer and the brakeman of his train came on
number fVe The inquest was held In the gen.
tlemen's waiting room Of the passenger depot,
and the Jury was made up OF the following citl.
zens: A. T. McCutcheon, Levi Langabaugh, w.
II. Ferguson, W. r, Reeves, W. H. Cock and Geo.
H. Young.
Upon the shredded hablliments of the dead
man we're found book of short hand notes In
pencil, the book also containing two entries, one
Jacob Engard, Philadelphia" and another
Jake Engard;" also scrap of writing paper evil
IDENTIFY used for mere scrlbbling, and containing
nothing that could give a clue, save a repetition
of the word philadelphia" also a broken hair.
brush small box of backing and silver finger
ring, The man had been well dressed and his
shirts, where unstained portions ofthem could be
seen looked as though they had been newly and
cleanly donned Pieces of bone from his legs
were found between the rails Of the main track
where he was killed. Upon coming to order, the
testimony was elected; the witnesses examined
were not many, and the testimony given was
thoroughly Corroboratve and repetition would
be useless. Jacob Unkefer conductor of section
FIVE, was first called and said;
"Was conductor last night on fifth section of
twelve, east bound stopped at Canton at about
1885 a. NJ, and shortly after one of my brakeman
told me man was killed and went to window
of telegraph Office and reported the fact to the Su.
perintendent at Pittsburgh when first saw the
body 1t was lying between the main and side
tracks, head to south, and about ten or twelve
feet west of water plug didnot help to move him;
the engine, cab, tender and first ear of my train
had gone over him; one of my brakeman went
forward and found blood on the wheels of several
of the car trucks of the train ahead section four"
The remainder Of the evidence, given by brake
men Smith and Wires, Policemen Andy aud Gus
Lothamer, G. w. 0ldfeld and David Eddleman,
and station agent Thompson was merely CorrO-
boraive, except ss to the removal of the body
from under the train to q place between the two
tracks and the removal of the remains to the
freight house. Ono of the brakemen also testified
that two tramps came up from the train next be-
hind, number six, and looked at the deceased be.
fore the train number five pulled out. After the
evidence was all entered the jury decided in
very few moments that the deceased, to them un.
known, came to his death by means to them un-
known. Coroner Altekruse afterward forwarded
the small pamphlet Of photographic notes to ].
G. Pomerene, a practical shorthand reporter at
Cleveland, for transcription, but at this time no
return has been made to our knowledge. The re.
mains were buried Saturday by ]. B. McCrea, in
the Potter's field adjoining the cemetery west of
town.