The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1886-01-05

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nrother, who died Ave years ago. The
burial ~ill take place in the Woodland
ceneterv.
The deceased has father and two sis
tsrs residing in Gsliipolis, D. whn will al.
| tend the services n IronIon, their former
home, and who possess the sympathy snd
eopdolence of all their friends in ih.ir sad
bereav. msn'. rs DO the grief-stricken
brothers in this state.
THE DECEASED.
Mr.. Charles We zey was a years of age,
and had bern employed In the shops for
peerly four years. He was a youag m.n
of umblemished character, aud, il is said,
possessed more friends than any man in
the shops. He was strictly temperate, and
was al honorary member of the /. o. q. I :,
OF xhich organization be hiss been Q msm-
Der for some lime. he wss EVER fsilhful to
the duties entrusted him and wss q general
fsvorite. be was ami .ble and charitable,
and would sacrifice anything for q friend,
ss has been proven in several instances
He had mSny friends In this city, who srs
as de- ply srieved by his death rs are his
relatives.
Several friends remained in McLsugh-
and watched the remains.
A wREcKER's OPINION.
Julius Perrin, wrecker nj. K. d T.,
sworn: We were called out to load six
pair of trucks on q car. A usual load is
four pair. Tris d 10 load one pair upon
the others without tackle. The long skIds
slipped, the truck turned over and ielf on
Iwo OF the men pushing, Mr.. Veszy and
Mr. Dunnigan, killing Feazey. / told the
foreman, Mr.. Lowry, that that was an I'M
safe way to load truck, he did not answer
me. This could not have happened if We
had block and tackle.
julius PERRIN.
THE TESTIMONY.
III. B. Pitcher, Carpenter M. K. & T.
yards, sworn: This morning between 8
and o'clock we were loading trucks. We
had six trucks to pat on one car. and q car
only holds four. We had TO duble-deck
them. We had no skids for that purpose,
so we 60, short skids and spliced them. We
got the truck up of the main skids and on
the short stage. Veszey was in behind
standing on the main skids. The skids
LIZ we way and the truck fell upside down
right on Veazey. We were trying On ex
pertinent. This morning / requested the
boss to get a block and fall. but he did moi
answer me. H. B. PITCHER.
sKIDs NOT LONG ENOUGH.
A. r. Hewey, car repairer NJ, K. & 7.
yards. sworn: This morning we were call
ed out 10 load trucks; We bad six p ir TO
put on one car; got four pair on the csr
and WIS going to double deck the other
two by putting them on top of the others.
We did not have skids long enough for
| hat purpose and We got some pieces about
FIVE or six feet long and put one end OF the
piec.s on the truck on the car and the
other end on the deck Of the car. We got
the truck up on the deck of the car and
we were pushing the truck behind. Mr..
Dupniga-, Weary and Solly were behind
the truck, with their feet on the main skids.
the skids slipped back and The truck turned
over, bottom side up, and caught Mr.
veazy and Mr.. Dunnig an under the truck
A. r. HEwEY
DID EoT THINK II SAFE.
L. w. Dewitt car repairer NJ, Z. & T
yards, sworn: This morning we we're
called out to load trucks. We were or
dered by Mrs. Lowrey to put six trucks or
one car. We got four par on the car, ther
undertook to double deck the other two
pair. Not having skids for that purpose
We took shorter ones and spliced them and
laid them DIP on the wheels on the car and
down on the decking of the car. tolC
the foreman that / did not think that ,
safe way, and I said that we had bette
have q block and fall. He said We would
try this way, as he thought there we're mer
lna thar
fall. We proceeded to load, and when tn,
truck left the round of the ekids some
thing gave way and the trucks turned owe
bottom side up and Mr.. Wesley was caugh
under them, also Mr.. Dunnigsn. Mr.. Yea
zey lived six or seven minutes he neve
spoke after the fall. ] considered this
dangerous way of putting the trucks on th'
cars. l. w. DEWITr.
VERDICT OF THE JURY.
That the ssid A. c. Veazey came to biz
death, upon their osths so say, by accident
caused by criminal neglect of the foreman
d. w. Lowry, employed by the Missouri
Pacific railway.
| w. 4. OyERsTREKr, Coroner.
J. j. LAMN, Foreman.
| JNo. NJ. HOWE.
| J.P. JAMESON.
GEO. GARY.
| E. P. CRANE.
| J. 81. KRUsE.
| STATEMENT FROM Mr.. LowREY.
The following is copy of the statement
made by Mr.. Lowry to bis superior in the
company's service. The gentlemen who
have signed this with Mr.. Lowrey endorse
this as being just how the accident occur
red. They were eyewitness to the scci
dent, being engaged with the deceased in
assisting to load the truck:
she was helping load trucks on fai
car and had the truck almost loaded wher
the skids slipped, letting him fall from the
end of the car 10 the track. There were
about fifteen men pushing on the truck
some of them had their feet braced agains
the top of the cross>piece Of the skidl
| when IL slipped off the car letting A. G.