Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1889-11-29
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A Human Body Mangled by a
X. G.. w. Train.

At two O'Clock yesterday morning
the remains of a man We're brought
to this city, and an inquest held
yesterday by Coroner Taylor. Late
Wednesday night, about three miles
south Of the city, the incoming r.
G. Western train struck the body Of
man lying on the track, and
dragged it about half a block, mang-
ling the body so that it was beyond
recognition.
At the inquest yesterday the
jurors were Edwin johnson. ". r.
Foster and Oscar Wells. 1t is sup
posed the name Of the deceased was
F. pObbs, and that is the person to
whom the evidence about the man
in AIargetts' saloon relates.
{. w. Sproat was called as n wit
ness and testifie,l-One day last
week deceased came into AIargetts'
saloon and asked directions to the
Warm Springs. directed him and
he went away. Before going, how
ever, he asked if he might leave n
bundle with me. l told him he
might To so, aud he then went
away. He yvaa an American, /
think, and wore a moustache. His
hair was slightly gray, and / should
Judge him 10 be about 80 or IL years
Of age. The bundle he left was
wrapped up in brown paper and
round woOlgr cap was laid on top Of
ii. / did not examine the parcel.
He seemed TO be n rather Intelligent
man, Of slender build, weighing
probably 40 pounds. The body
is so mangled that / could hard
~ say 1t WAS that of the
man who came into the saloon. but
| am pretty certain It il the same.
The bundle remained there all
week, but was called for Wednes-
day morning by a young man, who
described the parcel, and all that il
contained. He said he had been
sent for the parcel by the man who !
had left it there, and il was given |
TO him.
c. f. Schermer testified-I am |
engineer on train No. /, Rio Grande |
Western, and was coming west at |
about three miles south of Salt Lake. |
when we ran into the deceased, l |
had whistled for the road crossing,
when felt the engine going over
something. l stopped the train and
got down, where found the man
under the pilot, where he had been
showed for some distance. The
train was three hours late and
we were making about thirty
miles an hour. The wheels did not
90 over him. The manner in
which he had been caught indicated
TO me that he had been lying G.
tween the narTow-guage and the
cold, and those who saw him said
he was never killed 10y the engine.
He smelled very strongly Of liquor.
If the man had been walking on the
track 1t would have been an easy
matter for me to have seen him.
We passed a passenger train before
ne reached the point where we
struck the man, and which would
have passed where he was found at
about T:l5. There was no blood on
the engine. and the body was not
bleeding. Had he been alive when
We struck him, his hands would
have been warm. He had some
blankets, which had been rolled
along with him. The body was not
wrapped up in the blankets. l 10
not think the body was dragged
over 80 yards.
Arthur Springall, the fireman on
the train corroborated the testimony
Of the engineer.
Mark Wilton testified-I am bar
keeper at Margetts', 81 West First
South. The man who called for the
bundle was a young one, light COM
pleXiOn, about five feet six inches
high, rather broad set. / would know
him again If saw him. made
him describe the contents OF the .
bundle before ] gave it TO him. He
said the old man had sent him for
the clothes; that he had got a job on
the railway. There was a pair OF
new brown Ovcralls and n shirt. The
package was wrapped in n news
paper.
The verdict was that the deceased
came to his death from unknown |
causes, but presumably from being ,
run over 10y II. G. W. train.