Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1891-06-29
WIZ WAS He?
An Unknown Man deets a Dis
tressing Fate.
Run Over and Killed On the a., b. 4
q. Tracks at Molins-Descrip-
tion Of the Unfortunate.

Louis passenger train over the G. B. & O..
which is due in this city at 7:1s O'Clock.
The accident occurred at about Tween
ty.sixth street in Moline, which is Just
inside the eastern city limits, while the
train was running at IS or 40 miles an
hour. The train was stopped and back
ed up and the mutilsted body placed in
the baggage car and brought on into
Moline. where it was turned over to the
police who Immediately notified Coroner
Hawes who went there at once and i'm
paneled jury composed of Myron Jor.
dan, foreman Edward Dittelsen, A. Mowry,
Nostic Starofsky, Charles Dormoad,
and Louis Leach.
The first witness examined was Engineer
G. F. Horn, who testified that he was
engineer of engine S65 and that while
running at the rate of 80 or 40 miles per
hour, just east of Moline he had nos
ticed man ahead walking along the side
Of the track ard that was when the en-.
CINE was within about one hundred yards
of him, he suddenly stepped upon the
track. Witness immediately sounded
the whistle and reversed his engine, but
the man paid no attention and was struck
few seconds later. The engineer fur
ther stated that he sounded the whistle
continuously until the man was struck
and that the bell was ringing al the time
as it is operated by steam, and rings
while the engine is in motion. He stopped
the train soon as possible and backed up,
and the unfortunate man was brought TO
Moline as before stated. In his opinion
life was extinct when the train men picked
him up. D. c. Wright, fireman of the
timony being corroborstive of Mr Horns.
After this Undertaken Knox testified as
TO The body being taken in charge at the
depot, and the jury returned verdict as
follows:
We, the undersigned jurors sworn TO
pGuire into the death of an unknown
man, on oath do find that he came to his
death by being struck locomotive engine
sos of the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy
railroad attached to passenger train No.
in the city of Moline about one mile
east of the C, B. s. Q station in said
| city on Sunday evening. June %. 1891,
at about o'clock while he was walking
on the railroad track.
The man was about FIVE feet seven
pounds, with light hair cut close to the
| head and occasionally streaked with gray.
He was apparently As to so years of age,
ard from his appearance was of Irish
nativity. Ali the fingers on his left hand
were gone and the third and fourth fingers
and part of the thumb of his right hand
are also missing, both the result of some
previous accident. In the accident which
caused his death last night his right
wrist was dislocated, the right leg nearly
severed at the ankle, the left leg was
crushed just below the knee, the breast
bone was crushed, the neck broken and
the skull badly fractured. He wore q
dark heavy suit of clothes well worn, and
was apparently q tramp. On his person
were two memoranda books, purse con-
tanning rs cents in money, pair OF
spectscles and some lead pencils and
some small trinkets. He had nothing
that would throw any light upon his
identity. but among other things in the
memoranda books were the names OF
ED ward McCaffery. 3095 Cottage Grove
avenue, Chicago James Brady, 81 s.
Green street. Chicago" and Thomas
Moore, La Sale county, Illinois, two Of
whom nave been notified of his death
The body is in charge of Undertaken
Knox, of Moline, and will be buried to-
morrow if nothing is heard from the above
addresses.
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