Chariton courier. (Keytesville, Chariton County, Mo.) 1878-current, 1895-08-23
VOLUME XIV.
his NECK WAS BROKEN.
The Strange Colored Man Killed Near
KeytesViHe Station Last Friday
Morning Proves to BE David
Woodstock, of fMoberiy-
The eCoroner's Inquest

The eCoroner's Inquest
Just as we went to press last FRI
day morning We learned OF the kill
ing OF q strange negro man about
81 OF q mile east OF Keytesvills sta
ton, who was struck, knocked from
the track and killed by the engine OF
the Chicago, rest-bound, "Cannon
Ball" passenger train, due at Key
tesville at 5:43, q. m.
Immediately upon the news OF the
tragedy reaching DR.. g. NJ. Dewey,
coroner, he had Sheriff Dempsey en-
panel Q Jury and repaired to the de-
pot to hold an inquest, the train
men having picked up the negro's
dead body and conveyed it to the
station.
The witnesses subpoenaed before
the Jury were W. IL. Carson, agent,
N. III. Holcomb, IT,, night operator,
John and James Krigbaum, John
Weiss and James Prather.
Mr.. Carson testified that he saw
deceased at Keytesville station
about IL O'Clock on Aug. 14th, also
about 1890 o'clock on Aug. 18th,
and that he came near being run over
by the 12,47, east-bound. passenger
train. Mr.. Carson stated that he
had some conversation with the ne
gro, who told him that he had walk
ed from Mobsrly, having left there at
7o'clock, and got to Keytesville at
about II O'Clock OF the same day.
He told Mr.. Carson also that he was
born on the 18th Of August, 1910.
Mr.. Carson was of the opinion that
the deceased was not in his right
mind at the time he talked with him.
John Krigbaum testified that he
saw the deceased, at Dalton, on
Aug. 18th, and that he saw him
start down the railroad, east. Mr..
Krigbaum heard the train whistle
Friday morning as though some
thing was on the track. He saw the
train stop and back up, and when it
arrived at the station the train men
took deceased's body of the train
and put 1t in the depot.
The testimony Of the other wit
nesses was largely corroborative OF
that offered by Messrs. Carson and
John Rrigbaum.
Alter hearing all of the testimony
the jury. composed of j. c. Rucker,
G. b. Gillian. l.. A. Embree. l.. b.
Thrash, II. Utter and DanI j.
Nichols, returned verdict to The ef-
feet that deceased came to his death
by being knocked on OF the Wabash
railroad track by an engine OF the
train going west about 6 O'Clock,
am, on Aug. 9th, 1895, his neck be-
ing broken"
The remains were turned over to
Undertakers Rucker & Hunt TO pre-
pare for burial, but on the arrival OF
the west-bound passenger train Fri
day afternoon, George Carr, col,
who works In the baggage rooms OF
the Union depot, at Moberly. came
up and identified the dead negro's
body as that of David Woodstock,
Mrs. Carr's grandfather. Thecorpss
was turusi over to Carr. who had it
shipped Tu Moberly for burial.
Carr sud that the deceased had
LETT Mob-rIy on the Monday previous
for the purpose OF going to Kansas
City to vi-it another grand-daugh.
ter. DE had been bought ticket
and il was supposed he had reached
his destination in safety until word
was received OF his having been kill
ed.
Carr also said that the old man
was given to "Highty spells," which
no doubt accounts for his tragic
death.
1t is said by the trainmen that
when the engine got close to him
last Friday morning that instead OF
getting of the track he turned and