Daily Republican. [volume] ([Wilmington, Del.]) 1874-1890, 1888-03-23
THIRD EDITION.


Uoroper BArnhill summoned jury
this morning In the case OF Nicholi
Rsuar. tho young man who was found
slea.i in q ditch yesterday morning near
Tdeemoor Station. The appearance OF
4he holy clearly shows that hehRd been
etruck BY o train, and 1t 10 probable
iuetantly Killed. His neck, loft arm
and thieh Ere broken, the hoGeE OF the
arm protrrdiog through the heek, while
his rieht arm and leg are dislaeated.
There ia also a wound on his face Just
above the lsit eye.
when his body was taken out OF the
ditch there was letter written In Ger
man, from his mother, found IN MS
Docket, 6a,ed Riga, a city OF Enropta1
Russia. February 22, 1888. 10 this let
Tar ahe exhor.s him with all mothers
eolioItude to lead Q good life and settle
Aown like a man, There was ALEC D
Tnilroad trip tiaket from Elgsmoor TO
ehis oity and return, one part OF which
had beer used. The ouly money found
Vas a So note sud IS cents In small
change,
The evidence OF John Hancock, the
track walker, was to the effect that he
saw a couple OF Jramps pulli 9 at some
shinq in ditch some 100 yeIds south
Of Edeemoor station about 7.30 O'clock
Yesterday morning, aud upon going to
rhe place found 1t vas the body OF
man. He Immediately sent word to
ibis city and Special Officer Jones and
eome other men came up aud took
charge OF the remains He did not
think the body had bsen 10 the water q
Rrsat while when II was found, ~ the
blood poured from the nose and ears
when IL was taken out
RYAN Davis testified that be resi- les
at EdRemoor, and that Bauer had
boarded with him for the past three
months. On Wednesday evening he
came home from the L lgemoor works,
where he was employed in the draught
ting department aud ate his supper. Ht
then left the house shortly before
O'Clock, to catch the 6 10 train for till
city. ~
The next morning his wife told hin
that Bauer had not been home all nigh
md he went 10 thelstation 70 res II hi
could learn anything Abo ut him. TIL,
MAN who attends the tower told hin
that there Was 8 dead man In the ditch
and he upon going there felt sure tina
It vas Bauer. The witness thought b.
was about % years Of age, and had beef
told by the deceased that his father VS.
q Russian, and his mother q Frenol
woman. When he first came 10 Edge
moor he obtained work as a laborer, bu
the witness son npon finding that h
was we'll educated, and also mechan
icAl engineer, secured him q situatio
In the drsughting department where b
1B employed.
On Wednesday he WAS paid Sl7. 81
out OF which he paid the witness $40
for board. The deceased was o yer
steady, industrious young man, and th
witness had never known him to b
under the Influence Of liquor While b
boarded with him. He was under ID
Impression that he missed the train b
intended to return on, and had slarte
90 walk out, and was struck with
train. He knew that once bsfore b
mifsed the train, and did not get HON
Until after midnight.
Peter Eoner testified that Bauer cam
in his saloon, No. 405 King street, abot
= o'clock Wednesday evening, and Il
manned until 9 40 O'Clock, when ne ta'
that he was going to get some candy *
Mr.. Davis children, and then take u
10 80 trait Tor home. During the tin
he was ia the saloon he drank three {
four glasses OF beer, bat was not IL
least under the influence of liquor.
From this 1t 10 evident that the
ceased must have stopped somewhe
else after leaving EbneI's or
would not have missed the train.
The jury after hearing this eviden
rendered verdict that the deceas,
came to his death by bsing struck by
train GU the p, W. & B Railroad u
der circumstances unknown to the jur