New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1893-06-14
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KILLED aSisTAN z.
|Jos. Mareseh, A Y o,lng n al, v lille Riding
q Hand Gar Is Struck By an l'n zine.
His Head Teaffa actured and his Liff !.
Ken From him ms eonsly
The Test mony a. the Inquest All Points.
to- Care essness On the Part Of the
Deceased. sss
ES Saturday night bet tween ten and ele-
ven lock, J os. lIaresch, q young man
Of twenty one years, lost his life In re-.
turn for 9 disregard of his fathers
wishes and a knowled ge of well known
railway atoms. It seems that
Nlaresch and his father were up to Nn that
evening till quite late, and when it came
time to so home the young man insisted
upon taking a hand car from the yards.
Thesold man objected, knowing that it
was against the railway rules to use a
hand car at that time, and told his son
that it would be dangerous to do so as
the switch engine would soon return
from Courtland. All entreaties were
combated however and the. young man
in so1aeway obtained askey o the hand
cars which were locke together in the
yards. He was not an seniplo yee like
his father, but was neverth eless possessed
of plenty Of nerve. After getting the
car he came bach and coaxed his father
togo with hin. ,scs:sagy that they could
reach the bridge before meeting the re-
turning engine. The father fnally yiel-
ded. When they were a little beyond the
brick yards they saw the engine, about
two-hundred steps ahead of them. The
son, who was working the car alone,
called out to his father to jump, which
he must have done, but the son, accord
ling to the fathers testimony, kept right
on working towards the engine. Wheth-
Ter he had suicide in view, or whether he
thought he could reach the bridge, no.
body will ever know, but his actions GER
tainly look suspicious. It is also mat
tor. ~
by the engine, or whether he jumped and
the hand car was hurled against him.
When found by the engineer and fireman
| he was dead, and they at once hurried TO
town to receive orders. DR.. Weiser was
called and ,acco mpanled by the marshal,
Conductor Cady, Chas. Stengel and the
engineer and fireman, he went to the
scene and examined the body, finding
severe fractures Of the bones OF, the head.
He ordered it taken to the depot 20
await an inquest. Dr.. Rothenburg, the.
coroner, arrived from Springfield on the
next train and decided to hold the In
Iqnest Monday morning. s55
| The father was the first witness exam
lined. He testified substantially to the
facts, as related above, and said that af=
ter jumping from the car he remained
unconscious in the field for some time
Upon recovering he craWled to where the
body Of his son was lying dead and then
went homett to inform his wife, their resi-
Idence being IN Redstone, just across the
bridge. Both returned at the time. thai
DR.. Weiser was making his examination,
but were sent home, fearing for the effect
that the sightsof her dead son nigh.
have upon the mother.
The engineer, j ohns Burke, was called
and stated that he had a headlig on
each end Of his engine, when the acct
dent occurred, that he had Whistled when
coming through the Red Stone cut, and
THAT there was no place between that and
and the. scene OF the accident where
ting is required. Got expecting.
any danger lie did not " atch the track
very closel j, and struck the hand car
without seeing it. It was smashed IN q
very effective manner and the rear por-
ltion Of the engine suffered from the shock.
He stopped IN order to siipvestiig ate and
soon fnnui7 tho hnd II IF M areSch HON hps