The daily gazette., 1879-12-26
Tossed from the, Track,
AND HURT 80 BADLY THAT DEATH
FoLLows-sHARPLEY FoULK's FATE
KILLED BIT THE CARS ON CHRIST


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AND HURT 80 BADLY THAT DEATH
| FoLLOws-sHARPLEY FoULK's FATE
KILLED BIT THE CARS ON CHRIST
MAS EVE.
Sharpley Foulk Is currier by trade,
ana 1or long time past has been EN-
pioyed by Messrs. q. d J. Pyle. He is
an elderly man Of something like fifty
SIX years, and has family composed of
a wife aud three grown-up children.
HIS home is In humble two-story
frame house, Of which he is the owner,
That stands on the corner Of Sixth a, enue
ana Coleman streets in Browntown. On
last Wednesday evening he finished his
Gay Wolk and walked down to the Z.
w. & d. Il. X, and Proceeded out tie
track toward his home. On the curve
OF the road at the foot of Bird street, in
Aedgeville, he was struck by the engine
VI The second ST ctiOn of train No. 35,
which left the depot at $50, and hurled
irom the track in sense less condition
with three ghastly gashes in the head
ara three ribs broken. The train was
al once stopped, and the injured man
| having been taken board, il was run
back to the depot and he was removed
lLto the building. DR.. Kane was sent
Tor and made All examination of the
man. He pi onounced three ribs broken
and expressed the belief that hu would
II cover unless he had received internal
| injuries.
The wounds in the head were dressed
aud then he was taken 10 his home in
carriage, accompanied by DR.. Kane and
'peclal ofh er Legg. He was pur to bed
mi remarked thai he felt more c,,mtor
table. During the night some neigh bor-
sat up with him ] aving him early We =
terday morning. About Z. 80 O'Clock his
son went past bis fathers door and no..
ticed that he was snoring Half an hour
latter his wife went into the chamber
with some neighbors who desired to see
tim ami found him dead.
The Coroner was notified during the
forenoon and took steps toward the
holding of an inquest. In the early part
| u he forenoon a jury was summoned to
The depot. and the party proceeded to
Drowntown III special car. The iuiy,
after viewing the body, was sworn in,
md then returned to the depot, where
the evidence was heard in the director
room.
william Shattuck, the engineer of the
| second Sc ection OF tram No. 80 testified
that as he was leaving the city in the
| evening lie saw man on the track at
the foot OF Bird street. He had expect-
ed he would move off. nut saw that he
did mt, and blew the whistle. He was
| walking the way the train was going,
and at the blowing of the whistle TURN
ed around toward the engine. "Hs had
Just turned around toward the engine" 4"
proceeded the witness and we expected Il
| ne would move al the signal; the bell
was ringing at the time; 1t was 535
O'Clock ann was getting dark; we were
| Just on the curve and in CONSEQUENCE
hit him; the man did not look in tune TO
escape the engine; he had time to get of
he road after the whistle blew; do not
thiuk he made any effort TO get off the
rack; the train was at once stopped and
tine man was taken on and brought back
to the depot"
Thoma, j. Webb testified that he
knew nothing of the accident, but the
deceased made a practice OF Walking ou,
'no ..-.i, oa1 Ifa.h, aud ne had oite1 s'A"-
Harry Kirkpatrick gave evidence that
he was fireman of the engine; heard the
whistle blow and saw the man on the
| rack; he turned around to look aud
seemed bewildered, bit made no effort
to get out uf the way until the engine
vas within four feet of him; when the
signal was first gwen the man was 80
| leet from The engine.
DIR. Kane's testimony was to this eff
| fect 81 first saw tue deceased between
j and y O'Clock at the depot; he appeared
confused and was suffering from the
shock; on examination l found a slight
scalp wOupd on the left side of the head
| and three lbs broken on the left side;
lressed the scalp wound and admins
tered stimulants; L accompanied him
home; he complained greatly of pain
IN his side, but vas able to assist himsel II
IN getting into his house, and after being
put to bed expressed himself as feeling
more comfortable; the statements of the
ID nily lead me to the positive OpiDlon
hat his death was caused by internal
iemOrrhage."
Special officer Legg gave evidence
hat did not bear npon the accident, hui
went to show that he man ralle ed an
appeared rational after the accident
| A verdict was rendered "that the de
ceased came to his death from interna
hemorrhage, superiuduced by the shoch
# being slruck by engine ~ of the T
W. & B. r. r." After due deliberaticI
The Jury concluded to exoDerate tht
abroad company from blame.
A GAZETTE reporter concluded to loOl
nto the facis a little further than tn,
Jury had done, aud visited Browntown
Nose, Empsoh, an Intelligent negro, liv
ng on Bird street. told the reporter that
no was on the bank opposite wher'
Fouik was, and the whistle did not blow
till the train was so close on him that b,
remai ked, "My God, he can't get on
Of the way The engine was going abou
/ 70 miles an hour, anu hit the man sec
opd after. Peter Smith, who lives II
Browntown, said he WAS near, and FOUL
had no time TO get out OF the way. Gro
| Sheldrake said he was square away
: and did no. hear the whistle blow. H
, also said Foulk's hearing was good
: Sheldrake works at Harlans. Qnife
number of other people said they hear
no whistle blow till the man was hut
few feet away, and that the train wa
going 20 miles an hour at least.
The deceased will be buried on Satul