The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1878-03-23
LYING DOWv 70 RE KILLED.
The Strange Suicide on the Railroad Track
ut Penn Horn Creek, y. J.

In the vast engine house Of the Eric Rail-
way in Jersey City OH Wednesday the engineers
and nrcmen wcrc moving about silently. and
with looks OF anxiety. AT noon on Wednesday
Bob Salisbury of Engine No. 215. great favor
ito ON the road died suddenly. and Mt the same
minute Engine No. G. Engineer DE Witt Marcn.
crushed an unknown man to DEATH
They're as superstitous as old sailors. said
bys;andcr. and not an engine will start for n
month TO come without the greatest care. for
they are rs certain that agrcat calamity will
occur to some ono Of them MS some persons are
OF luck when they dream OF a number and play
policy"
Tho firemcn and engineers were husily drap-
ing NO. 2l5. while De Witt Marcn was carefully
examining No. G. Maren Is an earnest. brave
looking man. and M the reporter came up to
him he WIS directing his fireman To- " IL her
gently. joe: lie her gcntly.'
How did it occury' repeated Maren. rs n
shade of sadness came over his facc. Well. II
was just IL O'Clock. and the roai by Penn HON
creek IL as smooth ~ glass. and. rs We can ST."
II long WHY ahend. we allu7 give her al siic can
carry. We were going forty miles an hour n
saw what looked like sheet of brown papcr on
the track. It lifted itself up twice, and then
from it as ] saw it wns man lying clean across
the track. blew three times down brakes. but
Y was too late, II was an awful sight. The old
NcetwOOd had struck him.
Narrn stopped for a minute and then added:
" You see. ON that road we drop our ashes and
siftings along. and there's hundreds of poor
people who make living BY picking M those
bits OF coal and pieces OF iron Mnnys the
time M we arc coming down with iul head on
that these people drop their bags and run.
Then We Just catch the bags. and that's the
last"
mile from the Bergen Tunnel IL Penn Horn
creek II Is n dismal swamp. where the stHlks
OF the yellow. secured reeds stand dropping and
burnt. Here on Wednesday. at noon, a gang II
track LAYERS rat behind n train OF coal cars. eat
ing their dinner. They wcrp startled by hear
ing the warning shrek of Engine No. & coming
toward them Then they saw u man lying
stretched across the track. They shouted,
" Roll over! roll overt and several jumped
forward to seize him. But No. Il was too close.
There were two boys on the track yesterday.
each with bng MS big IA himself. They were
picking up coal. and. as tho reporter came by,
Jimmy, the younger of tho two. told the story
OF the suicide. He refused to give his name. ms
he didn't want 10 20 down before the Coroner.
" II was Just here sir. You see where the blood
is ON the ties. Well. I was picking up coal and
n man passed mo by. He was no regular tramp
but he had q kind Of funny look about him
and Just picked NJ my lag and gOt away.
Well, see him look up the track and all of sud
den he lays down and covers his head up with
his arms. was afraid and shouted. and he
looks up and shakes his fist at me. Thon ran
away. had not gone far before | heard the
whistle Of down brakes, and knew the man
wis killed. That's all know about it,"
The body is in Mechau's morguc. NJ 324 Grove
street. Jersey City. There seems To- be no mark
about il 10y which it could be Identified.