The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1886-11-23
NO ONE TO BLAME.
Is What the COrOner's Jury Say
i'm Regard to the Death
of =. Il. kincaide.

the engine OF the Branch tram Mon
dav evening at six o'clock, died with
out recovering consciousness, death
ensuing the moment reaction began
to take place Owing to the fact that
Mr.. Kincaide's family are not in the
city the time OF the funeral has not
been definitely set. but will be to-day.
The BAzoo Was in error in stating
yes eriay that Mr.. hincaide had been
divorced from his wife, she having
died some four years since and at the
time OF her death they were living to-
gether. Since her death Mr.. Kin
caide has while in Sedalia. made his
home with his step-daughters, at whose
house he died yesterday as stated He
has. however, spent the most of his
time with his brother, WashingtOn
Kincaide, eleven miles west of Boon
vile, in Cooper county. He last re-
turned to Sedalia some five days ago.
Last Monday he left his daughters
about AGO and shortly before n" ."
cident waikeu .r ack with DIR.
Depp, 20 was on his way to visit
Mrs. Ritchey. I was dark at the
time, and shortly after passing Mis-.
souri, avenue Mr.. Kincaide turned
back and the doctor went on. This
was the last seen Of Mr.. Kincaide
before the accident occurred. He
was very hard of hearing, and it is
supposed he had his back toward the
train and did not hear it until he was
struck.
Mr.. Kincaide was born in Jan
uary, 1912, and is consequently
"a years of age. He leaves
behind him four sons by his first wife
and large adopted family by his
second wife. One of his daughters,
Mrs. Wing, resides in Boonville.
another, Mrs. NcIlheny, at Walker.
Chas. Kincaide, one of his sons, re-
sides in St. Louis, where he is super
intendent of the transfer department
of the Pacific Express company. He
has another son out west whose where
abouts is not known. Most of the re- |
naming members of the family reside /
In and around Sedalia. The absent |
ones have been telegraphed for and
are expected to arrive to-day when
for the funeral will take
place. Mr.. Kincaide was man ripe !
In years and In his time was one of the
foremost citizens of Pettis county,
having for many years been postmas-
ter and leading merchant of George
town during its palmy days as the
county seat.
Coroner Overstreet yesterda y sum-
moned ajury to inquire into the killing
offs. B. Kincaide, who was struck |
Monday night by a Lexington Branch
train and died Tuesday morning of
injuries thereby received. The jury
visited the late residence of the de-
ceased at his tep-daughter's on Ken
lucky street, and after viewing the
body repaired to the county court
room where evidence was
taken from the engineer, Long, and
Drs. Small and Overstreet, Sr.
Owing to the absence of other wit
nesses an adjournment was taken
until z p. NJ, when the jury again
convened at the office of DR.. Over
street, where they heard the testi-
mony of Fireman Hopes and Section
Foreman Bresnehan. The entire
testimony did not differ in any ma
terial points from the statements here
tofore published. The fireman testi-
fed that Mr.. Kincaide, when the
engine was some thirty or forty feet
from him, looked back at it and turn,
ed to get off the track on the north
side, but when across the rail turned
back to the south side of the track,
and was struck before he got across.
All the witnesses swore positively that
the train was not moving faster than
five miles an hour. The jury return
ed verdict to the effect that S. B.
Kincaide came to his death from in
juries received by being struck by
engine 480, in charge of Engineer
Long, and that said engineer was in
do wise to blame for said accident.
The funeral of the deceased will