Mexico weekly ledger., 1881-01-27
The TERRIBLE FATE OF TWO
OF OUR CITIZENS,
Rudolph scharIach and Son,
Hermann, Cruelty Crushed
by the c. & A. Cars.
a bhREAVED FAMILY---A GLOOMY
UOhMUNITY---N0 BLAME CAN RE
ATTACHED TO ANY ONE.

oe "aS ,pasSeS Dub what We hear
'he sad news Of men being killed hv
The ''cruel cars" all over the country.
The same story is telegraphed daily
to the metropolitan press-..crushea
oy the%>sars." Very often. to the
casual readsr Or observer, it would
appear that wfsh very little thought
iulness or care. the accident might
have been avoided.
! Mexico. Mo-, has been the scene
of AT least Us proportion of accidental
dea'hs. InAsso five men were killed
by the cars, aud it becomes our pain
tul duty tins week to chronicle a
double dea Ia father and son both
killed at the same time, almost i'll
Simultaneously.
Last Sunday, at 1:20 p. m., as
Rudolph Scharlach, leading drug
gist of this city, and his son, Hermann
Scharlach, were going home to dim
ner, they were struck by freight
train and killed. The deceased re-
sided in southeast Mexico, ABOUT Two
hundred yards from the spot where
they were killed. On their way
home they went down Jefferson
street TO the crossing and turned
down the c. & A. track towards
Pollock's mill, intending TO turn off
to the right when they reached a
point opposite their residence Just
as they turned east on the c. & A.
track a freight train started out of
the depot On the G.. &. A. track,
backing down TO the round house :;
the train consisted of five fat cars
with water tanks, engine 1877, train
No. rs; j. W. Casey engineer and
Chas. Burger fireman. The lrain
was moving only about four miles an
hour and the bell was ringing all the
time; it was Impossible for the men
On the train to see whether the track
was clear in their rear or not, on nc
count of the water tanks on the train
at the same time this train was com
ing down behind r. Scharlach and
, son, Wabash .reight was coming in
t on that road, just beside the c. & a.
track, at full speed and making a
: great deal of noise, so much in fact,
j. that the noise of the water train on
the G.. & A. was drowned. The two
unfortunates, either watching the
Wabash train, or busy talking, did
not see the train behind them whIcl
struck both men at once, throwing
them under the wheels of the cars
; The entire train, 5 cars, engine
and tender. ran over both bOtties
t crushing them terribly, and Thomas
Z Read. Who reached the scene first
says they were both gasping thei
3 last. DIR. French, the G. & A:
: physician at this point, reached th'
scene in few moments and fount
. them both unconscious and dying
The bodies were both removed Il
the c. & A. depot. where Sherlt
.. Woodward summoned, for corone
. w. w. Rotlnan, the following jury
r.J Armstrong, G. b. Null, j R
Bishop. C S. Houston, J. ]. Win
scott and r. Nj. White, foreman
Tie jury at once examined tn
bodies, DR.. Russell acting as exam
U ing physician It was found on ex
a animation that r. Scharlacll's righ
arm was broken and crushed, lef
e pelvic bones crushed, right lie;
b ,.rnsbed and severed at knee, LEI
thigh crushed, lower part OF spin
r broken. Herman Scharlach was eve
h more crushed; his face was crushed
cut and mangled, almost unrecos
pizable; laceration and confusion c
= scalp and ears, bad confusion of face
compound comminuted fracture
rinht arm, simple fracture OF left arm
compound comminuted fracture c
left leg, compound and comm'nute
fracture of right thigh down to knee
er After the above examination o
I'd the Jury, all valuables were turne
8. over TO the Coroner, and the bodle
o, were turned over to DR.. French wht
80 in behalf of the Odd Fellows Lodge
!. of which DR.. Scharlach was memoe
had them washed and cleaned In o
3 der that they would be made presen
able to members of the family an
y friends. The jury then adjourned
- DIR. Rodman's office, where the WI
,asses were summoned and examine
10 The facts are about as We state
" above. but having the evidence D
OF fore us, we will give some OF the PR
cinappoints as testified to.
he JAMES CASEY,
engineer of the train, testltied tha'
was backing down TO the rouno hou
with Eve fiat cars with water tank
De that he was running about tour NH
IN. Der hour. Jus. east OF Jehers'
Oh street crossing he felt a JAR al
At once reversed his engine an" s'o
,ur ned The train. when he found lhat
Did had run over Two men. Ihe oe'i "
I'VE ringing all the time; could not $
behind the train on account o'
=, water tanks on the cars; one car "
thrown off the track, amt one OIL
,is partially.
49, cHAs BURGER,
fireman, testified that he was nfeh'
IN, ON the train; was ringing the oe