The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1888-09-18
A FATAL FALL.
.. MeTsaae Meets His Death by Ae-
eidens-He Dies In Dessft.te Cir
eunssaaees-His Daughters yio-
lent Sorrow.

An Old rzan named J. Nefssae feIi frguu
tressle On the Puget Sound Shore IEue
sunday aud YES killed His body WA.
5Foagh; 20 the city aud sesing coro1er RI
?. Jones ns<ized- lie deemed IL a r,sss.e,
wcrtsy Of invesssgz1son. sa1 ordered M
~ asssf % kse hefd- Tie body Hes a. Cr,sss
q Co-1 undertaking establishment ansi
gssf preFioRs 10 the holding Of the fss.sue~f
= young woman, who claimed that sise Wa
q Cay sniia q the decreased, called and
requested 70 ees EeF fathers remains NJ
Lross urged her 20 wait until later. wien
We BODY Eeuid be washed azd dressed. hll.
.ne insisted and vas permitted to took
upon The face % the dead. she burst into
leArs and hnajly was taken with mysteries
aa1 :, Tss necessary 10 eeii 4 physician 20
BE ForSD THE konx.
Al O'Clock the jury met, and the exhrrsI-
nafsnn oEntneneed- Sher41 gochrane waS
the first witness, and testified a. f.sfloyvs
y knew the deceased: his nArae sss
Meiseaes ani hare knovn him Is years
ne formerly owned farm GA Black river.
near krusons ne was o. years old and a
native Of Scotland. f6naa him dead res
tefd4y seven miles from seattle. uaaer she
long fEeSsie rear Gsfkeck's His ear Was
spill, and there was cash in his temple.
Those were the only marks saw He had
a beg with loaf Of SreaS and ssznf5 ekf,nk
af meat tn L. / am saflsaes. he fell ~ the
trestie- lie has been feeble and SICK for
10 years. The trestle was Il feet feoFa the
ground. He may have been knocked OF
by car.
1HK ESsTSEER TEsTIFTrS.
J. ]. Dickson tesffei-Aa engineer of
standard. gauge train on Puget sound Shore
r0ad, yaseed over the Carkeek ttestie NJ
10 p. m sunday coming to seattle: saw
man on the tresties he wore . star hat
and had sack on his back, he was in the
niddle Of the bridge, walking toward
town; kept an eye on him: when we were
Is rods from him. he got OF on q prjecting
cap and turned round facing the train.
standing up ! watched him till the en-
CINE passel him: be was oct Of reach OF
the train, and did not SLOW NJ; he was
or feet from the rail: we were gong e
miles an hour. As we passed the brake
man said We came pretty close 10 that
AID he did After we had gone som some dis d.,
lance se said II believe we struck that
old man. i e.ked why he Lad not spoken
sooner, and be san he had seen the
mans bat in the air, anu me smoke
was so thick he could see no more. ehen
we reached town | reported the matter 70
NJ. 4. J. Miner, who sent an engine TO
bring IN the body. II the engine or one OF
the cars had struck him Ii would have
Knocked him 10 feet clear o. the track.
and marked him badly. We often pass
men on that bridge. II be hal remained
standing e. l last saw him the train would
have cleared him by four feet
James Link textlfed--i am fireman on
Dicks0n's engine. / was firing and did not
see the man on the bridge. I raised up
and saw q straw hat whiYilng In the air
The hat was opposite the cab, three feet
above the track. saw what / supposed was
A man In the smoke on the bridge, aud
when I thought the matter over I CON
eluded that what | took for a man was
really barrel. and that's when | spoke to
the engineer. II the engine had struck
him u would have crushed him.
From the evidence aad the appearance
Of the body, the jury concluded that the
old man had fallen from the frcsile, strik-
ing against the frame work In hrs descent
A verdict was found accordingly, exoner-
ating all parties from blame
HE BIEn PESSILEss.
Mclsaae was without money or proper
~, aud had on several occasions been sup
ported By the county. In his pocket there
was a letter dated Newcastle, August %,
from Geo. &. Elicit. addressed TO Commas
sioner r. :. Wilkes, urging the latter 10 use
his best efforts % have Mcisaac sent to
Providence hospital for treatment, as he
was sick and not able to work.
Mr. MeIsaac was one of the pioneer set
tlerSof the county and but for the breaking
down Of kls health would have been In
good circumstances. He was known by all
the settlers, and a subscription was raised
10 give him decent burial