Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1889-05-09
4 SAD EVENT.
A Stranger Killed in the Yards last
N1ght-Both Of his Legs Cut
Oh.
Climbing Between the Cars to cross
the Track When the Train
Started.
Details about the Man who IVES
Killed III the Yards Yester-
day.
Killed in the Yards.

Killed in the Yards.
About 3 o'clock Tuesday stranger
was found lying in the west yards with
both legs cut off below the knees. He
was Immediately brought up to the depot
baggage room and physician summoned,
but died about two hours later He is
about 5 feet inches in height, strongly
built, and looks about 45 years of age
though he said he was only "a. His head
is bald and his moustache and side
whisLers are tinged with grey, his eyes
are light grey.
It seems he was crossing the yard and
went to climb between the cars instead
of going round the end Of the train,
when the train started up and he fell un-
der the wheels. He said he did not want
to get a ride.
The inquest was held in the baggage
room this morning by Coroner Thorold,
and a jury consisting of G. W. Craven,
NJ. Fox and J. NJ. Trenary.
Geo. j. Rulow, night fireman, testified
that about o'clock this morning [ was
coming through the yard alone, at about
middle OF yard heard some one holler as
train No IS was pulling out of the yard.
I was walking between tracks No. and
2 when T heard the party hoiler and went
to hlnl. He was lying between tracks
No. 2 AID 3 and when [ reached him and
saw what was the matter went to find
the other boys and brought them to
where the man was lying I asked him
how it happened and I understood him
to say that he was climbing up between
two box cars and he fell down between
them and the wheels went over him.
ysan!1 A. Clemens, night yard master,
testified: At 2:45 went up in the vest
ward to have 2nd IA back on track W. ?.
After having them do so, walked down
between tracks 3 and when looked up
and saw a man about three car lengths
ahead of me. He ha6 his back to me, but
turned alound and saw me Just as No. IL
| whistled to pull out. When he saw me
he went to climb between two box cars,
the seventh or eighth from the rear end OF
the train. When he went between the
two cars, heard the engine taking up
the slack of the train. As l crossed the
track. as the train went by, heard some
one boiler west of me, but supposlng
that Il was one of the trainsmen or car
repairers paid no attention to 1t. hao
GOT to the main track when Robert
| BARCLAY came running up, and said that a
man had his legs cut off. went over to
where the man lay and George Rulow
was there. I saw that the man was pretty
| badly hurt, and took out paper and
nenciI. He said his name was Walter
| Ehappell. New York City, and his sister
| Mrs Estelle Tucker lived at 24l Second
| Avenue. -.
.. II. Witzel testified that he was night
foreman. and was switching last mig Mt,
and went on the caboose track to get a
cahoose. Robert Barclay told him he
had heard some one holler for help. l
started across to see who it was. and
when I got between tracks and 8,
found a man with both legs cut of.
| George Rulow had been there and was
coming back again with some help. we
laid him on grain door and brought
him to the baggage room. lie salo ne
fell down between two cars, and also SAID
he lived in New York city.
Joseph Floyd, switchman-Heard Fire
man Witzel ask the man how ne got hurt,
and I heard him answer that he was
| climbing between the cars, and that he
tell down and the wheels went over hlm
The jury gave the following verdict
.That according to the evidence gwen
they do find that the said Walter Chap. p
peli came to his death by accidentally
falling between the cars while the train
was in motion, and that no blame at
tachss to anyone
the county The coroner has written an
account of the accident to the sister III
New York. He appears to have been
railroad man. and was working last
month on the Montana division.