Bismarck weekly tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1943, 1893-07-07
The Body Of the Unfortunate Man
Who Jumped From the Train
Is Found
Floating In a Pool of Water Near
the Railroad Track East Of
Town.
Death Resulted From Injuries In
the Head and Must Have Been
Instantaneous.
The Body Is Found.

AOA SOAAc sAoSc VI G0c OuAO1luudCe mdu
who jumped from train No. l of Wednes-
day night, before their efforts we're
rewarded with success. The railroad
track was carefully searched, and the
thickets of brush along the track closely
looked into, as was every little ditch or
hollow into which the body might have
fallen. The three searchers were joined
by the section crew at this point shortly
after they started, and together the
search was prosecuted. All through
the driving rain they hunted. until day
light Thursday morning, when the
whole party was tired and wetted
through. "WLat's that?" asked one Of
the section crew, as he pointed to q
something which projected slightly
above the surface of a pool of water,
fully fifty feet in a straight line from
the track. 1t looked like the head of a
human being, and the searchers bent
their steps in that direction. AS they
neared the object, it became at once
evident that the object of their search
was at last revealed. It was a corpse
and it was floating, perpendicularly, in
owe ten feet of water, fully twenty-five
feet from the edge of the pool. The
body was bent forward, and the face
was beneath the water, with but the
top of the head projecting from out the
surface. Mr.. Haggart waded into the
pool until the water reached the middle
of his waist and still the corpse was
twelve feet beyond his reach. A long
pole was secured, and with this the body
was slowly dragged in toward shore. It
was not removed altogether from the
water, but allowed to rest, the head and
shoulders upon the bank. to await the
arrival of the
It was rather a gruesome sight, it
must be admitted. The eyes were wide
open and staring and the open mouth
lent the face a rather CHASTITY appearance.
The soaked garments, and the grayish
hair matted with blood from two gaping
wounds in the head, rendered the sight
still more gruesome, and the right arm
hung Imply at the side of the body,
broken in two places; between the wrist
and elbow and between the elbow and
shoulder. Over the right temple was a
gaping scalp wound, as though it had
been struck by the sharp corner of some
cubical object, and at the right side of
the head, from about four inches back of
the forehead to a place about three
inches around from the middle of the
ear, the scalp was laid open for about
five inches, as though split with an axe,
and the edges Of the wound stood apart
at least a half an inch.
Coroner Webb went out about seven
O'Clock, and the body was brought in to
the city about nine. D. n. Egbert was
the name of'the suicide, and he was
travelling with his wife from his old
home in Medford, o.. to Billings, Mont,
to visit his daughter, Mrs. S. J. Bailey.
According to his wlfe's statement, Egg
bert vas subject to spells of temporary
insanity, and had been so afflicted for
many years. He had ~endeavored to
jump from the train several times on the
present trip, prior to the last successful
attempt. being only restrained by force.
From the wounds he received, and
the distance he was found from the
track, it is evident he must have been
caught on something as be jumped, and
whirled against the side of the car, and
then thrown bodily from the swiftly
moving train, for no stones or other sub
stance could be found where he could
have received such injuries as he did
and he must have been struck by coach
or platform as he jumped. How he
got into the pool of water is a mystery,
unless thrown bodily that distance, as it
hardly seem possible he could have stag
gered that far after receiving tho in
juries he did. In his pocketbook was
found s6 in money, and a card which
shows his relatives must have feared an
accident, for 1t gave his name, and re-
quested, in case of accident that s. J..
Bailey Of Billings, be notified.
No inquest was held as the manner of
his death was evident, and his wife OK.
pressed herself as satisfied on this score,
without the formality of an inquest.
The deceased was seventy-six years of
age, and had been married forty years.
The body was shipped on last nights
train to Billings, Mont, for interment.
Some Court Items.
Two cases we're filed for trial in the
United States circuit court yesterday,
and will be heard at the next term of the
same. One is the action of Alexander
Mckenzie vs.. First National Bank of
Bismarck and Lillian c. Jacoby, defend.
ants, and Albert G. Boyle, i%ntervenor.
This was commenced in the district
court of Burlelgh county, but removed
to the United Stales court by the inter.
venor, Boyle, on the ground Of being a