The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1890-09-14

An Unknown Mans Terrible
Means of Suicide.
GROUND UNDER CRUEL WHEELS.
The Determined Man Made One Futile
Attempt 30 Destroy His Life Be
fore He Succeeded.

An unknown man committed suicide in
horrible manner YESTERDAY afternoon st
2 O'Clock by throwing himsel! uEae- the
engine O. train on the Colu ii bla & Puget
sound railroad, near ysn As>elt's station.
about six miles southeast OF The city.
Circumstances have developed which
make II plain that the man premed-
itatedly sought to destroy his own life, and
the horribly mangied remains which were
sirewn abog; on the floor Of baggage car
al South Third street two hours later
awaiting the arrival Of an undertaken
demonstrated only too clearly how sue
cess!u!iy he carried out his terrible iuten-
tons
Ine story Of the mans death Is best told
bv Engineer FL Crow. Of passenger train
No. > whose engine IL was shat croand he
man 10 pieces He SAID. Il vas coming
ia With passenger. and we we're running
about twenty-five miles a. boar along a
straight stretch Ct track. When We we're
within three-quarters OF m.ie o. Van
Asselis stst;oI. reached up 20 pr.l the
whistle. when ali OF sudden saw man
jump from the brush on the right hand
side, directly in front OF us. II fell pros
trase on his .sce across the track. and be-
lore you could count ten seconds he was
humping against the machinery and bolts
under the engine. and parts Of his body
we're strewn along the track Tor thirty
Yards"
The engine was reversed as quickly SIS
possible, and the train backed down 10
where the accident occurred. The nan
wa found in a horrible condition. rs can
well be imagined. Ills body was cut in
two in several places, his legs and arms
were severed. bis head fearfuIlv crushed
and al that nsd the remains together Was
the torn and ground elo,hing The man
vas not destitute, FOR his clothing would
intimate 10 the contrary, and money in
SILVER was found strewn along the track,
and the engineer found 81 10 IN change
wedeed ana osged with flesh AMI cloth
ing in the machinery of the locomotive,
4 broken comb. a pocket knife aud other
relics we're also found along The track, buS
not scrap OF paper could be found that
would throw any light as to his identity,
or the causes that induced him to take his
own life. He was described a. being man
abou; s. years OF age, brown hair unged
with grey, reddish moustacae. anu wear
ing dark. n aroon-colored suit and hat
blue fame! shirt ana Il new pair OF boots.
Conductor Andrews detailed Brakeman
Succoe 10 guard the remains unit! the
coroner could arrive on special, sn hour
and half later, and take the remains back
to the city.
Engineer Wrindwrck. OF coal train No.
9 reported at headquarters. few minutes
before the suicide, that, while his train was
approaching Van Assets station. about
o clock q man answering TO the suicides
description. jumped from the brush on the
track IN front of the train. He was not
going very fast, however, and reversed in
time to stop before the place WAS reached.
Before he could be caught, the man sprany
10 his feet and isappeared IN the brush.
tie IS believed By the train men 10 he the
same fellow who was so horribly mutilated
an hour later.