The Pulaski citizen. [volume] (Pulaski, Tenn.) 1866-current, 1879-07-17
HORRIBLY MANaLED.
Mr.. D. z. Cox Ground to Pieces by a
Train Of Cars.

Last Sunday morning considera
bic excitement was created in Pu-
laski by the announcement that the
body of Mr. d. X. Cox of Pulaski
had been found upon. the railroad
track near the depot horribly man
gled and crushed by a passing
freight train the night previous.
Indeed he was so completely
ground to pieces that his friends
could scarcely recognize him, and
then only by just one side of his
face which had remained unscarred.
The sad accident occurred about 3
o'clock Sunday morning within
two hundred yards of his home,
the Epperson place, where quietly
slept his family little dreaming of
the cruel fate that had befallen the
one they loved so well. It is hard to
imagine the depth OF gloom which
enshrouded the household when
this heartrending intelligence was
broken to them. Mr.. Cox was on
his way home, and it is supposed
that he sat or lay down upon the
track probably to rest, very soon
dropping off to sleep, alas, only to
wake up in eternity. He was found
about o'clock, when W II. Aber-
nathy, Esq, was Immediately called
to the scene to hold the coroner's
inquest. The verdict of the jury
was, THAT the deceased came to
his death by being run over by
train on the Nashville d. Decatur
Railroad, going south, between 2
and 3 o'clock A. NJ, July 13, 1879.
The jury is of the opinion that de
ceased was under the influence of
liquors, and had sat down and was
lying down upon the track at the
time of accident"
Mr.. Cox was seen upon the square
about half past IL O'clock Satur-
day night in company with Mr..
Chas. NJ. Robinson, both Of whom,
we learn, were drinking. They
soon left town and went down to
the bridge to Tom Arthur's saloon,
where they got another drink, Mr.
Cox also buying a shoulder of
meat to carry home with him Cox
and Robinson had been together
all night, but upon leaving Arthur's
saloon they separated and each
started to his respective home, 1t
being then probably nearly
o'clock. SO far as we can learn,
this was the last seen of Mr.. Cox
until he was found in the condition
described above.
The engineer who went down
that night was telegraphed to at
Decatur that a man had been
found dead upon the track here,
and to examine his engine. He
did so and reported that there was
blood upon it, and that he saw an
object at the place mentioned, but
thought it was dead hog and took
no further notice of it.
There are some rumors afioat |
that Mr.. Cox was murdered and
placed upon the track that he
might be crushed by the train, and |
thus cover up the crime, but so far
as we know, there is no proof to
sustain the report. However, Mr..
Robinson testified to the jury that
after they left the square Saturday
night, Cox got into difficulty with
a negro, and that the negro threat
ened to kill him before daylight.
But we believe il is the universal
opinion that Mr.. Cox sat down
lpon the railroad to get sober, as it
$ said he would never go home
Trunk. He was q kind hearted
man, amiable and loving to his fam
ly, and though somewhat eccentric
always succeeded in YInnnlng
friends. His sad and untimely death
will be deplored by all who knew
lim.
We are requested by Mrs. Cox to
express her heartfelt thanks to the
Kind and considerate friends who
nave given her tender sympathy
md kind attentions in this sad hour
IF afiicJion.