The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1886-01-25
NET A SHOCKING END.
THOMAS HEDGE FATALLY HURT
On ths ohio River Railroad TrsStlo sOuth
of the Greek, Last EVSnInE-ThS ASsI.
dent believed 10 be the RSSult Of
Iato1IeauOu-Hsdgs a Stranger.

A young man said 10 be named Thomas
Hedge, of Littleton, Wetzsl county, this
State, was struck and fatally injured on
the railroad trestlipg, south Of the creek
by train No. l OF the Ohio River road, q
lew minutes before 8 o'clock last evening,
The point at which the accident &C.
Cured is a few yards south Of the creek.
The track there is a double one, the space
between is well plGnked and the ties are
60 thick that the unfortunate man might
well have avoided his untimely fate
had he not been intoxicated, which
there is every reason to believe
he was. The train that struck him,
was the passenger train due here
from PaIkersburg at $500 o'clock. A short
time before It's arrival W. q. SChell met
Hedge walking along the leYee in the d.
rection OF the trestling. Hedge was reel
ing at tho time and schell warned him to
keep of the track, as the train was about
due, The train was on time, and the first
intimStion those in the near vicinity had
OF the accident was the series OF short,
sharp blasts on the whistle that Engineer
Charles Byers gave when he iirst saw the
man, Hedge, instead OF jumping over to
the other track, stood still and did not
move until the engine q almoSt on him,
In the meantime the air brakes had been
appiied aud the train brought nearly
to o standstill, Byers jumped oil
as soon a. he had stopped and found the
man lying on the track just behind the
forward trucks Of the baggage car, His
left leg was cut oil below the knee and
his right arm had been run over near the
shoulder, tearing the flesh and muscles Of
the back in an awful manner. There was
a wound In his head from which the blood
flowed Copinnaly, To ali appearances he
was dead. Capt, Cherington gave orders
to have the body placed in the baggage
cur, but this brought out such q protest
from certain passengers claiming to be
posted on the law" who declared that
the body must bs left where 1t was
until the Coroner had viewed 1t,
that against his better judgment, Capt.
OheringlOn had tho body LAID to one side
and proceeded to the depot from where
he summoned the police, Coroner Schultz
and DR.. Belleville by telephone, Arriv-
ing at tho point OF the accident the police
found that the unfortunate man was still
living, the wound in his head being only
a scalp wound. Great delay ensued in
getting a litter to carry tho man to the
p. Wa KY, freight depot, He was liv.
ing at midnight but had not recovered
consciousness aud there was no hope Of
his recovery. The people Of the st.
Charles hotel kindly FURNISHED q cot, blank.
els, basins, spongss and gtimulanta.
Whens Squire SChullze arrived and heard
about tho remarks made in reference to
leaving the body he was too mad to ex.
press nlmseif as he would have liked.
Such a proceeding should only be had
where foul play is suspected. IT is strans Q
how many presumably sensible people
have a mistaken idea about this matter.
An inquest will probably be held to.
day. What Hedge has been doing for a
living could not DO RsCerLRincd. He Is
about Is or 20 years old, He 10 eaid to
have q brother employed as a brakeman
on the B. & o. road with headquarters
here.
AT 9 o'clock this morningthe young man
was still living. His brother had been
found and was with him. They are sons
Of Silas Hedge, Of Littleton. Thomas had
been here only two days.