St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-11-11
Death Came in a Horrible
Form Last Night to Frank
Erling.
Heroic Efforts of His Friend,
Peter Haupt. to Effect a
Rescue. H.
The Police Court Had a More,
Than Usually Motley Pam
Drama. ial
Several Cases in Which the
Police Find Their Hands,,
Occupied. 80

Shortly before 10 o'clock last night
station that a fatal accident had oc-I
Cured at East st. Paul station OH the
Omaha railway. The Margaret street
and central patrol wagons were dis
patched to the scene, and but very few
moments sutfieed to prove that the in
formation had been authentic. Frank
Erling, stockkeeper for the Chicago, st.
Paul, Minneapolis d Omaha halfway
company, lay on the station platform
stone dead and so horribly mangled as
10 be totally unrecogniZable. Peter
Haupt, of the tailoring firm of Haupt d
Placek, in business at 34T West Seventh
street, and whose residence is at 500
Juno street, who was with Erling when
the accident occurred. jumped aside in
time to avoid the cars, and escaped
with knee dlslocated and internal in
JurieS which may prove fatal. Erling
has been in the employ of the company
for considerable time, ana re-
sided with his family at Sill
Greenbrier avenue. He resigned his
position with the railroad company yes
telday morning, but remained in the
vicinity of the scene of his former
labors during the day. In the
Haupt. the men being strong per-
sonal friends. They had conversed to-
gether in the depot short time prior to
the accident. and were seen to walk out
on the tracks, their arms linked, and
deep in the discussion of some mutually
Interesting topic. The engine switch
ing in the yard was i'll charge of En-
gineer James BeaSh, d trusted employee
of the company, and reputedly careful
man. Several freight cars were being
pushed ahead of the engine down the
track which the two men had thought
ieSSly chosen as promenade. Both
saw the approach of the cars, and knew
that they had ample /. me to get out of
the way, when the misfortune occurred
which cost one of them his life
to the other. Erling was about
to step from the track at point where
switch intersects it. His foot be-
came immoyably fixed in the frog and
all his efforts to eXtricate it proved un-
aValling. The men. recognizing the inl-
minent danger in which they stood.
shrleked at the top of their vol es, but
1t was too late to stop the train. Engi-
neer BeaSh reversed instantly Oh be-
coming aware that something was
wrong, but not before the wheels had
passed over Erling's booy, and Haupt,
who had desperately striyen to save his
friend, had been dashed aside. bleeding
and senseless. Night Operator w. b.
Layton, with others, at once proceeded
to the spot, and a call for medical and
official aid was at once sent in. Dr.
Murphy arrived in a short time, and
Haupt was ordered removed to st,
Luke's hospital, where he now lies.
In the opinion of the surgeon
attending, he will recover. Erling was
beyond all human aid. His mangled
remains were removed to Dampier's 'uiiA
dertaking rooms by Deputy Coroner
Amoss, who will hold a post-mortem
examination this morning. From TIE
testimony of those in the vicinity at the
time of the accident no blame therefor
can attach to the engineer of the switch
engine. rs