The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1881-02-08

to Pieces-A Terrible Warning.
This morning. al 8: 30 .'clock one al ihose
terrible and unlocked for accidents occur
red ,n this ci.y which @skes the YER. blood
run cold 10 think Of them. ]. j. .no'he'
mud q terrible warning to 'h"se who as<
s.reirse and reckless in the mosemrnse
sben on rsiIroad train. j. il aiao
ANOTHER AwFCL vERIFICATiON
fifth. scripture which .syA: "rhere u hut
one step between us and death !" md at the
III proverb which says: IN, 10 IN knoss
sha, dsy NAV bring" Bishop Burl~,sh
says: the evidences Of other mems
IN ,rtsiiiy seems only to ;es-en our con-
-cinu.ness Of our own" Men isink that
b-cau-e thy never s+r. killed that :hey
never will b.. Young P~'p'e think
THE wARNiSos OF the OLD
are Idle dsivrI, AMI tnat they are always
capable Of taking care Il them-elve-."
1t 10 the custom Of hundreds Of
prr-on. in ihi- city 10 ,iie On
the ir.in. which arrive At the
.ndi.n. stree depot from that point 60 the
q .rri-en House d~l.oi. Many saiir".d
-mpioyes sl-o get on the trains Of the K 4
r. division ai the same point snd ride To
the E ,girerr street crossing.
Tnl- n,csairg as train No l53. n" the K
& Z. diviAion pu:l-d ont tram the Indians
street dspo, to vo north TO Hannibal,
HENRY FISHER. AGED EIGHTEEN,
got ONO { IL train 80 tske . r.d-"
up to the Engineer effect cro-s-
lag. The train vaa moving n
the speed which - customary within"
the city limiis. Al the En.ioers s're-,
crnssing e new superintendent. ofic- i. i"
course of erection, Srd in tie tr; ,ne!-
forued BY a.. uee,irg Il tao ,r.ks q,
this rcin, there 10 large pile Of sand few
feet from tie track.
When the train arrived ., this poin
y pung Fisher ~ss standing on the from; of
the Linim.-t coach, snl seeing the sand
pie lie very naturally ,housh' il would be
GOOD PLACE TO JcMP.
ia lesp-d from ,he moving
train into the ssnd pile. bu'
in.tesd Of .icking in the soit Sand, AZ he
expec'~d, he rhOnnj~d from ine sand
snd fell Immediately in r., q, o: the hind
rso-t trucks Of the last car on the train and
ROLLED BEHEATH THEM
before il was possible ior him tn rrccver his
feet, or get ~ 4 the wav If the wheels
Mr.. Le.i Mcvey aid NIL Fitzgerald ~~re
near the crossing a.d raw tine boy
as lie wa- lsaninR from the ,r.is. h"idiny
On to the SIDE bars, and -hirg he rrrya
ra,i"ns 10 leap osck ~srd; upon the ..nd
pile. Mr. Fitzgerald had only tim. to Say
10 Mr.. MrVey:
''HE WILL b. KILLED
Il he jump" The word. h.d .carcei, isf,
,is lips ~h, ,he hoy dii ls.p, end va
,r:l-.. bsn .s,i the ttnck- before AIRY hn-
nan rnwer c,uid in'errsn Ia ssve him
from his sw.aI fate. 1t wss but second
hu. in .hs; secona The Car wheel. wea'
orc. him. Tie borrifi d spectators rsn ~
t., hi N 20 iin ol'y n crushed and N snsl~si
cope. Al hy.ic;sr We ct oLse .ent for
aud Dr.. Soliis arrived, but tie looT boy
had
DIED IN Two MINUTES.
Tie boys head Use crushed sip,o.t e.
pieces; the clothes we're nearly Ill torn
from The baby, scd hi. li,uhe were vroInd
np into .icxenin: o,,s> BY the oh ei.
passing yer them IN . d. ..onsi direction.
rie rem sins were carefully removed while
the train s;,e.i an ia wss. uncynscious Of
the cruel work 1t had d ne in . lev mo-
,n~nra.
The boy ~, jI,, taking ride for fun "
II /. prob-bie thai neither tie Conductor or
.Ds IL the "a ain men knew that he was on
the train. He VS. not . ps--~ng-r, and
lost hi. life through b.. own h,yi-h Cafe
ie.-ners. The enploye. of the railroad
we're no more 10 tlaG- for the scclden,
than the writer # these lines. who wss DO,
within . mile Of tie tr.i" al the time.
The dece.-ei il a s,n o! Nr J"e~ph
Fisher. en- old snd respected r,siient II
'his CITY. Who reside. on Sesenti sire~t, in
E s-t S~dsiis. When the f.iher arrived u
u 50 4 and beh~li the crushed body IL
tia sun, he Was almost beside himself 9TH
grief. The Coroner DIR. King. v,s zen, for
and he Immediately began preparations fer
an Inquest.
The iolio~ine jury IVES impann-ied and
vent to the re-id.nce "f the bcys f. her.
on seventh street, E Is, s~sial'.: K w.
Barnett. Cha-. Wen ~m,,. J. A Fisher,
Jno. Hubbard, A. Abbott end .. ]. B.
Fair.
The Jury then assembled 10 d.. King's
ofite. The following ies,im. ny sas
elected: Joseph Fisher. father Of the de-
&c ased, merely testified ihat n. boy va
his son, and he knew nothing - TO hOw be
c.me u his de.lh until he SAY the dead
body.
Levi Mcvey svorn-I vss at the Mis-
souri, Pacific train .i,-ps,cher's of5ce tr-
tween s and 3 oci ock TINS morning. and
wus there ~ssn the nos,h.hou0d NJ. K. 4
&, ,s.,n p.s-ed. sas The dressed and
inc IN me fsool emf of the Isrt q, .ch he
"a. in the &c. Of Jumping ~hsn ] ..s
h,m; he In m the n p IT,: did nat Sc
him under the cars. NJ he raid ou, Of my
-,gh, when be fell I; I w-nt Ia where be Gas
and found him sii!i alive; he v.s y.