The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1889-07-05
From Wednesdays Daily.
THE CORONER'S INQUEST
over the Remains of the Victim O
Yesterdays Runaway.

Inc remains oil the late Theresa Burke
were taken to Faribault at sos this af-
ternoon over the M. & St. L. for burial.
Mr.. Sheeran, of Faribault, brother-in-
law of the deceased, and three brothers
and a sister-in-law from Ellsworth,
Mimi, the home of the deceased, ar
rived last night and accompanied the re-
mains to Faribault to-day. They are
people of good station in life and moder-
ate clrcumsta Ices.
Coroner Paddock summoned a Jury
this morning, consisting of S. F. Barney
]. B. Swan, A. P. Halfhlll, Frank Hen
lein, W. P. Coffin and A. C. Hartung.
Mr.. Paddock conducted the examina-
ton and Mr.. Barney acted as secretary.
The jury was taken to Klein & Co.'S I'M
dertaking room and there viewed the
body. M. j. Sheeran, of Faribault,
brother-in-law of the deceased, there
positively identified the body as that of
Miss Theresa Burke of Sibley, Iowa.
MIR. Sheeran was the first witness
called. His testimony in substance was
ceased, whom he had last seen alive
yesterday morning at Faribault. Her
name is Theresa Burke and she was his
Hife's sister. She left Faribault yester-
day at 1915 p. IN. on the NJ. & st. l..
road for Ellsworth, Mobiles county,
MIMI, and was then apparently in good
health, and was never subject to attacks
of sickness, fits, or anything of the sort.
Mrs. Catherine Burke, of Ellsworth,
slster-in-law OF the deceased, Identified
the hand satchel found with the de-
ceased, and the contents, including a
gold watch, purse, ETC., as belonging to
Theresa Burke. Deceased made her
home at Ellsworth with her brothers.
The trunk and its contents at the Man
kato House was also identified as the
property of deceased. The age of de-
ceased is twenty-four years, and she was
of Irish descent.
August Schell, who saw the accident,
was called and testified that a man was
trying to hold the omnibus horses for
awhile. The horses acted badly and
one seemed frightened and the man ap-
pearing to be afraid, in a few moments
let go of them and they started to run
off. This was at the nj. & st. l. depot
about 200 or 2:30 o'clock. The train
was there, having just come in. A lady
was In the bus which stood alongside of
the platform. Didn't notice who the
man holding them was. The rear horse
was hitched to weight, and it was this
horse that was frightened. | was about
two rods off, on the other side of the
street. A number of men stood around,
but none offered to assist in holding the
horses. Do not know whether the man
holding the horse let go or whether
the horses jerked away from him. The
deceased sat still until the train had run
eight or ten rods and she got out fifteen
or twenty rods from the depot. She
walked out of the rear end of the omni-
bus and stood a moment on the step,
then stepped off forward landing on her
feet, but then fell over kind ofsIdeways.
I and several other men went to her as
slstance and found her lying on her side.
Thought she was alive when just got to
her; but she neither moved or spoke,
though her eyes were open. We took
her to house near by and she was dead
when we got there. Some one shouted
to her while the team was going that she
had better get out, which she did half
way between the depot and G. & n. w.
road. Think the driver was on the plat
form when the team started as saw him
come from there after 1t started. The
weight to which the horses were tied,
weighs about % pounds, should think,
and the strap was about six or seven
feet. The horses ran fast when they
first started.
DR.. C.. f. Warner was next called and
testified that he was called to the Can
non Valley depot by telephone about
200 p m. yesterday, as woman was
hurt. Was there within eight minutes
ftnr ha xx,o0 I'D
the deceased at VIM. KrummePs house.
Examined the woman and found the
pupil of the eve as largely dilated as on
a person in death, and the body largely
purple. There was no pulse or beating
of the heart, and concluded that the
woman was dead. Found no wound ex-
cept bunch about the size of a hens
egg on the back part of the head
on level with the top of
the ear on the left side. Don't
think the skin was broken there. Blood
was oozing from the mouth, left nostril
and left ear. Examined the neck, and
it is my opinion that the neck was bro
ken. She must have struck on the left
side of the head, and being a heavy
woman the force was 80 violent as to
break her neck.
VIM. Buchholtz testified that he saw
the runaway after it had started. No
ticed that the near horse was acting bad
lv as passed the team to walk from the
depot to Front street. There was one
lady in the bus. A weight was attached
to the near horse, and man was hold
ing the horse. The man was the mail
agent on the Cannon Valley road, Mr..
Healy. He stood at the near horses
head and had hold of the line at the bit.
The driver was the man called "Doc," l
think. He was at that time about 100
feet from the bus, but in: sight of it,
transacting some business with Lees
baggage man. This was a few moments
before the team started. Next saw the
team coming toward Front street, the
lady trying TO get out. shouted to her
to get back in, but she didn't seem to
understand. She stood on the step, but
whether she stepped of or was jolted off
/ could not say. When she fell she
turned complete summersault side
ways, laying with her feettowards Front