New Ulm review. (New Ulm, Brown County, Minn.) 1892-1961, 1893-06-14
KILLED IN AN INSTANT,
Jos. Ma2esch, A Young Man, While Riding
4 Hand Oar Is Struck by all Engine.
His Head T earthly Fractured and his Liff if
Taken From him InstantaneousLy
The Testimony at the Inquest All Points
to Car6lessness On the Part Of the
Deceased

ven O'Clock. Jos. Marcsch a Young man
of twenty-one years, lost his life III re-
turn for a disregard of his fathers
wishes and a knowledge Of well-krown
railway regulations. It seems that
Maresch and his father were up to WI that
evening till quite late, and when it came
time to go home the young man insisted
upon taxing hand car from the yards.
The old man objected, knowing that it
was against the railway rules to use
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 soE>cway o'tainc.l a KEY TO the hand
yards. lie was not All employee like
his father, but was nevertheless possessed
Of plenty Of nerve. After getting the
car he came back and coaxed his father
to go with hin y -, that they could
reach the bridge before meeting the re-
turning engine. The father finally yiel-
ded. When they were a little beyond the
brickyards 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
ing to the fathers testimony, kept right
on working towards the engine. Wheth-
er 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. 1t is also mat
ter of doubt as to whether he was struck
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,accompanled by the marshal,
Conductor Cady, Chas. Stengcl 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 70
await an inquest. Dr.. Rothenburg, the
coroner, arrived from Springfield on the
next train and decided to hold the in
quest Monday morning.
The father was the first witness exam
ined. 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, land then
went home to inform his wife, their resi-
dence being in Redstone, just across the
bridge Both returned at the time tina.
| Dr.. Weiser was making his examination,
but were s,nt home, fearing for the effect
that the sight of her dead son mi ght
| have upon the mother.
The engineer John Burke, was called.
and stated that he had a headlight on
each end of his engine, when the acci-
| 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
| whistling is required. Not expecting
any danger he did not watch the track
! very closely, and struck the hand-car
without seeing it. 1t was smashed in Il
very effective manner and the rear Dor
| ton of the engine suffered from the shock.
He stopped in order to investigate and
soon found the body of Maresch, whom he
could not recognize although acquain-
ted with him previous to the accident.
The testimony of the fireman was SINH
lar to the engineers and revealed no new
facts in connection with the sad affair.
Dr.. Weiser was witness and described
the injuries. Alex Scott swore that the
| the hand-cars were both locked that
night by himself and did not know how
Maresch could have secured the key.
This completed the testimony and the
jury then retired. Their verdict was to
the effect that the deceased had come To
his death through his own carelessness.
The jury in the case consisted of Frank
Schaefer, Fred Peuser, Conrad Dirks,
Robert Fritsche, Fred Wendland and
Martin Lorenz.
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