, 1891-07-25
CUT IN TWO.
Sad Fate of a Cripple Who Was
Stealing a Ride.
He Fell Under and Was Killed by a
Passenger Train.
His Name is U~nknown--The Funeral
viii Occur To-Day.

The train which came in from the north
last night, on the Cheyenne & Northern,
had as freight IN one of the cars the two
halves OF a dead body. Engineer Powers
was in charge of the engine and was
coming down a hill about t~wenty-eight
miles from town at a pretty good speed
when he discovered something on the
track about twenty yards ahead OF the
train. At a second glance he saw that
it was the trunk of a man. He whistied
down brakes but could not stop the tram
until the engine and cars had passed over
the object, but without disturbing Its
position.
Alter the tram was stopped the crew
ran back along the track and there dis
covered a slckeniDg sight. The trunk OF
a man was lying on the track between the
rails while several feet away the lower
half of the body was found. The sight
was horrible to behold and gave a sicken-
ing feeling to the train crew.
The remains were picked up and placed
in a car and brought to town where they
were turned over to the coroner. Coroner
futile impaneled a jury composed of
John I. Chaffin, Frank Pierce and Ezra
Tuttle, who held an inquest and rendered
a verdict that the unknown man came to
his death by being run over by train No.
10l, leaving here yesterday morning. The
dead mans name is unknown but he had
been around OWE for several days and
was seen by several parties.
On Thursday evening he approached
Jesse jerks and Dan Dacey and asked
them for something to eat. Thew
questioned him as to who he was and he
told them the following story: He was
an E%nghshman and was a wool puller in a
factory. He came to America about
nine months ago and for a while
worked in a wooden mill at
Detroit, Mich. He was a cripple and on
that account lost his job. He started
West and after a number of
with brakeman and others he reached
Cheyenne. He wanted to get work aud
asked where he could find a wooden mill.
They told him the best place for him to
go would be Denver and he said that he
would 20 there. They gave him a meal
and that was the last they saw of him.
The deceased was seen goirg to the
depot about 1870 o'clock on Thursday
evening by a LEADER reporter and that
was the last time he was known to have
been seen in town. He probably saw the
CHEYENNE x Northern train on Friday
morning and thinking it was bound for
Denver, crawled on a brake beam to steal
a ride and tell off under the wheels and
was killed.
The dead man was apparently about 19
or 20 years old, of dark complexion and
smooth face. His right leg was probably
SIX inches shorter than the other, while
the arm on the same side was also Grip
pied. He appears to have been about
five feet six inches in height. He wore
when killed an old dark tweed suit, the
coat being a frock. HIS shirt was an old
flannel one. His hat is a derby, much
the worse for wear. He wore a large
iron with a round bottom on his right
shoe, to ~equalize the length of his limbs.
The iron is preserved. and is at jerks
barber shop, as there are some hopes OF
Identifying him by means of it.
He neglected to give his name to his
benefactors, but the coroner will write to
Detroit in hopes of discovering where he
worked, and then of learning his name.
He had a number of companions with
him when last seen, and no doubt some
one of them will turn up who knows who
he is.
Conductor Nash and Engineer Powers
were witnesses, and several others were
also held, but as they knew nothing more
they were not examined.
The funeral will occur today.