Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1893-08-21
DEATH ONTHE RAILS.
Jean DlVIer a Wandering French
man Accidentally Killed.
HIS LETTERS FROM HOME.


There was a shocking and fatal acol.
dent on the Great Salt Lake q Hot
Springs Railway yesterday forenoon
at ll;iJ O'Clock, midway between this
city and tho bathing resort The
victim was an unknown FrenohmRn
" hose name "a believed, from letters
found on his person, 20 be- Jean
Davler.
An inquest was held over the rc.
mains AZ Skuwcs' undertaking parlon
by Coroner Taylor today. Tho tes,i.
muuy showed that the train was loa.cd
with passengers and going north az
sreed Of about twelve miles an
hour Euglurrr Gibson was o. iho
throttle aud says hu saw two mon
walking away from the train along the
track about fifteen hundred or two
thousand feet ahead. one OF them was
probably one hundred yards IN al.
vance % the other. As soon az the
men were ishtoJ, tnu engineer de-
Glare. thGt tic whistle was blown and
| the Urll Iung. A. thu tfnin gradually
approached Jhcm the ilHt pedestrian,
] VINO proved To be an rUpiJyU nt ono
/ OF tho gravity sewer camps, steppui
] Oh the sack uud the train passed
un. IL was believed tnu seCOuI
| man would do the same. But
| e. showed no signs Of needing tue
| warning uul the tmEtB were applied
I ami the train Stacked up ~ quickly rs
/ possible, but not Ia Time ~ prevent the
/ tnan being run down. When tho
! engine was Within Elk or eight feet uf
] him he turned quickly aud seeing bis
] danger attempted 10 jump from tue
! track, but was struck Ru5yu thu lett hap
and "a the bacs aud thrown over the
rats.
rne tain was then stopped and Mr..
! II. NJ. McCartuUy, one Uf the officers
/ OF the road, took charge the Injured
man aud had him brought T. this city
| Tor treatment, but his iujutios were 80
/ serious that hv died a. 1890 without re-
/ covering CONSEQUENCES. Beside, the
| iuiufies referred 10 he was badly cut
ami lsccpttd about the head, a portion
VI the scalp being almost torn OF.
The decreased was about thifty.nvo
| years OF age, neatly clad, PROBABLY lve
/ itcl seven inches in height, Of mel.
ium uuild hud had darn hair aud bushy
brown, we'll kept wnisken.
On hia person were between two aHd
three dollars Ia cash, a pipe anu u5cktt
knife and two letters h. the French
language, one of which was addressed
tn "Davirr Jean, Salt Lake cry
! Utah." They were both translated ~
"a member uf the NEWS stall anu are
herewith presented:
ArN.LEs-BAiNs, Fob. 10, ls9L
Dear Bro.h9r
/ reply 10 your lottor of tho 9Oth of
| Jnuuniy, lsll, which gave us much
| pleasure 90 hear nuws OF YOU, though Il
! was mo-. agreeable 10 hear what you say
] about being miserable - docs
| nothing but think OF you, that you Will
] not BE- ublO 90 live. You speak OF hihur
| aud mother you mus. know that thuyHra
! both dead. / had written DO 10 you. All
] your brothers aud your sister Will u0
| Glad to hear vhOihor you are living or
| not, ] send you four hundred francs by
! pustordOr 20 come back TO your own
] country. Answer Immediately whom
/ YOU receive tho lottor All your brothers
/ Join mo in sending you greeting. Await
/ ing your arrival, / oxtoud you the hand.
! Your brother,
FuASCoIg DAvIER.
ANKLES BAISs, June II, 1898,
! Dear Brother;
! In roply to your letter Of the 10Th ~
| May, which | hnvO received; you ask
| mo Tor nows from homo. have already
written two letters that you should send
| u- your authorization To- make division
I ~ tho home, and according 10 what you
SAY In your letter 1 SEQ that thoy have
not reached you,
Dear Brother, you know that nothing
can DO done without your authorization
power Of Rttnfnoy2l Seek means 10
come, or send Il 10 us AS soon ~ possible.
| As to tho home, all IL we'll
| have nyo children, Lami and Marie ~
| well AZ Potter and Paul. Al the family
Join mo In sending greeting. Lot mo
nave "a reply from you NJ unco. extend
tn YOU tho hand in expectation OF soon
receiving u0ws from you.
The Jury returned a verdict 81 ncci-
dental death and exonerated tho
company aud It's employees from
all responsibility In tho tragic
affair. II ~ hoped by the
coroner that the publication 0i tho
letters found on the deceased viii
more clearlylo'tablish his identity and
| that n the muu has auy friends here
| they will come forward ami see % the
! burial u his tody which will other
wise be Inferred nt the expense Of the
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