Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1883-03-16
PATRICK E4RLY.
The Inquest Over His Kemains-The YER
dict Censures the Railroad Company for
Neglecting TO Protect Its Crossings.

The Inquest Over His Kemains-The Yer
dict Censures the Railroad Company fo1
Neglecting TO Protect Its Crossings.
An inquest was held yesterday afternoon
over the remains of Patrick Early, who
was found dead on the track of the Duluth
road about II or l, o'clock yesterday
morning, as recorded in the GLOBE yester.
day. The testimony brought out added
very little to the information the public
had before as to the cause of the
death of the man. The switch engine was
moving at the rate of only three or fou1
miles an hour. The following are the
main points of the testimony:
Martin Devine was called and identified
the body of the deceased as that of Pat.
rick Early who was about twenty-four OF
twenty-five years old.
John P. Sheridan is conductor of a
freight train on the st. Paul & Manitoba
road, and Early was brakeman on his
train. About 1890 o'clock he was going
down the track and when near Third
street found the body lying there on the
Duluth track. His legs were outside the
rails but his body was lying between the
rails.
Herman Smith is a painter and was
with Sheridan when they found the body of
the deceased. Witness called a brakeman
and showed him the body. The
body was on the Duluth track
about three car lengths below the street.
Jacob Book was informed that man
was killed and went up there to see it.
There had been no switching on the track
where the body was found for three hours
and no trains passed over that part of the
road.
George Young is an engineer on the st.
Paul q Duluth road. He was informed of
the accident about I o'clock, and went to
the body to see it. Though he knew the
deceased perfectly we'll, he could not rec
ognize the remains. From the crossing
down to where the body lay he saw blood.
The witness was of the opinion that Early
was brakeman for the Milwaukee road.
The witness went over the track about
three-quarters of an hour before the BODY
was found, but saw no one.
Peter Kelly is fireman on switch engine
No. 5, of which Young is engineer. When
the switch engine went down between IL
and o'clock he saw man with lantern.
and thought he saw him make an effort to
get on board. When they returned the en-
gineer ordered brakes down and went up
to look at the body. When they
went down they felt no jolting of the cars
as though they run over anything.
Joseph Harrington is brakeman on the
st. Paul g. Duluth road, on the train of
which Young is engineer. Some time af-
ter II the train went down, but he no.
ticed no one as injured. Nor did he see
any one on the crossing, and did not knew
anything about the accident till his atten-
ton was afterwards call to it.
John Nicolson was with the officer when
they found the body. The body was be-
tween the rails while the legs were hang
ing over. There was broken
lantern about twenty-five feet
away from the body towards
the river. Witness found blood along on
the track from the street to the place
where the body was found
Mr.. Young was recalled and testified
that the train was running about four miles
an hour.
THE VERDICT.
The above comprises the substance of
the testimony taken, and the jury, consist