The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1885-10-01
SACRIFICED HIMSELF
Upon The Altar of Devotion 10 a Friend
A Tragic Death,
Christian simler Meets "a Horrible Death
While ON His Way 10 Protect the Re-
mains of Il, II, Anderson,

cItize, living NJ No ga South Poplar
street, met with sad aud tragic death
shortly before 0na o'clock this morning
NT Simler was an old ard true friend OF
II III anderson, buried In the soldiers
lot at West Lawn Cemetery, Thursday
afternoon.
Previously TO the death Of Mr.. Ander'
son II was currently TepOrtei that he
had SOLD his BODY 10 u physician for $50
and that, after hs death, hi1 remains
would be rrrnrr c,ed aud made q sub
ect for the dls'eytiDg knife, Mr.. SIN
ler heard this aud felt indignant over
II. Upon AndefsOu's death Simler ex-
pressed Ia determ nation TO guard the
grave NJ vi time on ugh had elapsed for
ec0mp0'itlon TO sol IN, no AZ TO cheat
the grave f0bOera Of their prey, He be
gan iulli ing lhlsyOw Thursday night,
aud Ia company with hia aOn-in law,
Philip Quest, spent Thursday night AZ
the cemetery guarding Auderson's
grave.
Friday night Mr., sImler made ar,
rangem nta 10 spend the night again NJ
the cemete y, Alter eating his supper
no started up town aud called upon Mr.,
Quest aud then one OF hia sons, asking
lnem TO p nd the night with him on
guard, Neither were able 10 accompany
him and MIR. simler went 10 the grocery
aud saloon OF Mr. Christ SOmmera, cor
ner Cherry aud Charles street, where no
got half pint OF whisky, ostenaibly 10
lake home, but really 10 keep him com
pany while doing guard duty. Al about
el ven o'clock no stopped Into Ley q
Menegay'e grocery aud after that was
not seen until picked up dead.
IL Seems that he started shortly afteT
eleven clock for the cemetery being
pretty much under the influence OF II
quOr at the time, He evidently went
uOwn Wet TuscaraWaa street, aud
reaching the Valley Railway track, con,
cluded TO 40 home, possibly TO deliver
the whisky no had obtained, He walked
south on the track 10 the West Eighth
street eros Ing, where he fell intO the
cnlyeft on tue north side OF the crossing
A wound on the head would indicate
that IN falling he struck his head upOu
One Of the rails or aUme other hard sub
stance, probably stunning him aud
causing hin 10 lie In stupOr on the
track.
Al 1886 CLOCK, standard tlme the
fast night I eight on The Valley Rail.
rOld arrive here from CleyslauH; the
= Train liui hpg a run ~ CautOu, when
| Iitt.m lnDu Canton Fiiav night Eugi-
neer George Ambru7ter and OjrdlrtO.
Tom ahUau II were M rhag' The
mOluuth mOde the nighl almost n
| bnght HH dIy aud us tup train urarud
| IN Wet Iua'arawaa street degOU IA
engineer saw m'er lying on the track
IL could not determine whether II Wa.
u m or not hut sounded HI WhlsIle
for dWn brakes, Tn lrMu was run
Mug ~ the rate Of about twenty lve
miles - h0uruNd lt waa impose bic u
stop II before reaching the spot where
Simler vi q lying, rhe engine struck ms
body, pilChi0g " forward about twenty
leet ana tearing of the left lcg nj the
socket ana carrying II along for the dls
iance Oi several rods, lhe engine, ten
DER, aud X care passed over the body,
Whom the train stopped the engineer
AMI conductor saw that u mAn had heel
killed, ANA woke up Ticket Agent Lied
who immediately telegrAphei Genera
Manager II RynOlda, OF the road, the par
tlGulara OF the accident, teleph0ned fol
policemen and sent BiggagemasteI
krneet Lied after Coroner Leininger
Policemen Haavener, Calling aud
Loulzenhpl or responded TO the sum
mona, aud assisted by tho railroad mou
aud Mears, Fred Lied, VIII Bell anC
Henry Ktla line, il '"'Nrtrd up thl
remNins, ploced tier hoard ant
carried th0m to the b. roIlnin thl
depot,
A club which simler carried wa.
found lying al0ngslde the culyert, ant
u foot print was daCOrnlble In the muC
In the cuyort, plainly indicating thai
he hal fallen between the ties Into thl
culyert, His revolver was found on lhU
east side lud hia pocket book on the So-
side Of the track, near where hls bod
was pick 4 40,
Tho romaus were horribly muiilatOd
the lett leg Wus cut on, The trunk div
ombOweud tho lpft hand cut anl
/, crushed una tlO head glshel, Cor0ne
Lplnlng0r Viewed The femaua In TN
baggage rom shortly after tho acui
dent, and this morning Issued subpop
mas l0r thp iuQnpst, which Will bO hell
NJ the cor no Y olllue this evening.
Undertaken McCfea took charge Of I'M
remOiu0 Ihis mornlng, dressing then
properly aud enclosing them In II caekel
This afternoon they were taken to tn
rradenco OF MIR. Philip Q1est, eon.n
law OF the deceased, No 26S South Pop
, lar atT0et,
Mr.. Simler waa u native OF German
aud would have been eixty,one year
old next Christmas day, Ho was Cur
penter by trade and OF late has done od
Jobs OF carpenterlng about the city, II
leaves wife, who IN lying seriously II
and seven children, namely: Mira. 6uaa
Bombeck, Mro Dollle Quest and Mr.,
Chrletina Quest, Of Canton, Mrp. MaggI
: ROeaeco, oi.Cleyeland, MIR. JOtOph Sin
ler, OF Banktord, Michigan, aud MpeaI
Roman Bimler, aud Edward Slmle
OF Canton, All aro married except M
. ward, who IL tho youngest OF the famll!
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