Lancaster daily intelligencer. [volume] (Lancaster, Pa.) 1864-1928, 1889-05-21
STRUCK BY A TRAIN.
AlasaY {. GAIT KlLLRD MEAN THE CONES.
MA BRIbcE On MONDAY.
whsle Iseturhine From Fishing Trip
NE n Run Down by Harrisburg
Accommodations Inquest.

Albert G. Cast. well-known Lancaster
man, was fatally injured by the cars of the
rennsylvania railroad about mile cast
of Tie Concstoga bridge, ON Monday even
Inc. The deceased lived with his father
Christtan Cast, one Of lancastcr's
leading citizens, at No. 22i West Chest
nut street. He was very fond of fish
Ing and yesterday morning he and
George Luts, young man who resides
near the Lancaster cemetery, started on
f00e to Mil creek to fish with net. They
spent the greater part Of the forenoon about
the neighborhood of Jacob Staufier's mill
and caught but few fishes. Between II and
~ O'Clock they concluded to return TO town.
Ints wanted to walk across the fields to
the New Holland turnpike and In town
that way, but Cast was anxious to take "a
by road which led towards tho railroad.
They could not agree on this and each went
his own way, Cast taking the net and the
ffsh that had been caught with him. Luts
arrived in town about | o'clock i'm the
afternoon and did not again see Cast alive.
Shortly before half-past five o'clock Cast
appeared at the place where he was killed.
He was walking on the south track and
when he stepped out of the way of an east
bound freight he was struck by engine No.
132 attached 10 Harrisburg Accommodation
west. He was knocked from the track, his
head striking one of the rails. The train
which struck him was backed and the man,
who was then unconscious, was taken on
board and brought TO this city. He was
placed in the baggage room and DR.. George
H. Welchans was quickly sent for, but
death cnsued in about fifteen minutes.
At first 1t was not known who the dead
man was, as his face was covered with dirt
from the tracks Of the railroad, but il was
believed that 1t was Cast. The father of the
deceased and his brother, William H.,
afterwards arrived and they identified the
body. Ambrose Bitter soon came in and
identified the fish-net found with Cast, he
having loaned IL 10 him in the morning to
20 fishing. Lutz came next and he was
greatly surprised TO find his late companion
dead. He found in one of his pockets q
match box that he had loaned him during
the afternoon. DIR. Welchans examination
of the body showed that each leg was
broken in two places, below the knee, the
back was broken and there was a terrible
cut in the middle Of the forehead caused no
doubt by the head striking the rails.
The deceased would have been ~ years
OF age had he lived until next November,
He was born and raised In this city and in
early life learned the trade of confcctoner
When the war broke out he enlisted In the
roth regiment and was member of the
Company A, first commanded by Captain
William Kendrick and afterwards by
Captain George w. Huflnagle. Consider
able Of the time he was with General
Negley's staff and spent three years In the
army. At the battle of Chaplain Hills, Ken
lucky, he was shot through one of his legs.
He was married at one time, but was di-
vorced from his wife years ago He has
one son living.
THE coRoNER's INQUEST.
Before tho body had been removed from
the baggageroom last evening, Coroner
Honaman impanelled a jury, 10 hold an
inquest, consisting of =. A. Stephens,
Jere vondersmth, Frank Adams, John
8. Mcpherson, Jacob B. Kiehl and
Emanuel Vogel. They viewed the body
and then adjourned until this morning.
The time set for the inquest was . o'clock,
In order that the engineer of the train
that killed the man conld be present
The euployes of the Pennsylvania COM
pany usually attend inquests as they sec
fit, and they did not arrive until almost 10
O'clock this morning, thus delaying the
inquest over half hour.
Henry Andrews, the engineer, was first
examined. lie testified that he reached
the point where the accident occurred,
which is near Landis' warehouse, about
Als; he saw the man ahead; he was walk
ing on the south track and was carrying
something; witness thought he was tract,
man; as the freight neared him he stepped
on to the north track after looking back at
the approach of the engine; witness whist
led four or five times and just as the man
seemed to bc stepping of the engine
struck him he was carried along about 70
yards on the pilot oI the engine and then
dropped along tho north side of the track
near Landis' crossing.
Harry Otstot, fireman of the train, cor
roborated the engineer. The jury rendered
verdict OF death from the shock caused
by the accident. They attached no blame
to railroad company or employees.