The daily morning journal and courier., 1895-03-11
WERE GROUND TO PIECES.
FRLGHTFUL ACCIDENT NEAR THE
 FERRY S1REET BRIDGE.

l ter Boyle and John Hayes of Boston | Camps Story of the Accident.
 The niangled remains of the two mer
 who were killed near the Ferry stree
 bridge on the Consolidated railroad ear ly yesterday morning are still at Lewis & Maycock's awaiting complete identi fication. Medical Examiner White has
 made a partial investigation into the
 circumstances and has practically de. cided that the two men are Walter
 Boyle and John T. Hayes, both of Bos-
 ton, Mass.
 William Daley and Thomas Pagan
 two switchmen who are employed at
 the freight yard of the Consolidated
 railroad, were walking along the tracks
 near the Ferry street bridge shortly af-
 ter midnight when they saw two man gled bodies. Both were frightfully man.
 gled, one was headless and as Dr. White
 says, almost literally chopped to pieces.
 About fifty yards further down the
 tracks was found the head with the
 scalp almost torn off.
 The story of the accident as told by
 Charles A. Camp, one of the survivors,
 who after the accident went to police
 headquarters about o'clock yesterday
 morning and told his story, is substan-
 tially as follows: T got out of jail in
 New London about 1t o'clock Saturday
 morning and shortly afterward met
 three other men there. One of them,
 who said his name was Smith and that
 he was carpenter, had $1 with him.
 We all spent portion of the day in drinking and at night caught the freight train which is due in this city about il o'clock. I lay down In a box car and went to sleep. When I woke up the other three 4nen were gone, as was also my overcoat. I got up and found that I was at Cedar Hill. The next I saw of two of the men who were with me was when I saw their man gled remains on the tracks. I do not know what became of the third man, but am sure that the two men who were killed are those who were with me"
 Camp is sailor and ran away from home when he was about ten years old. His parents Hive in Milford, this state. After running away from home he fol- lowed the sea in the capacity of sailor and has also tramped around the coun- try, After the accident heI was found at the Union depot by Officer Lanigan and taken to police headquarters, where he was detained until after he had been examined yesterday by Medical Exam fner White.
 NAk men left the train at Cedar Hill and started to walk to this city. While walking along the tracks two of them were struck by the fast freight from due in this city at 11:20 o'clock and were crushed to pieces.
 The remains were picked up placed in a box car and taken to the Union station, from whence they were remov- ed to Lewis & Maycocks. Medical Ex- aminer White was notified of the acci- dent and immediately made an inves- tigation and gave permission for the bodies to be removed. Yesterday he made a thorough examination of the re- mains and as a result of his efforts is that the men were Walter Boyle and John T. Hayes.
 One of the victims of the accident s about twenty years old, has a. slight fuzz on his face, and was about feet inches in height. In his pockers were 'ound three letters addressed to Walter Boyle, Boston, Mass, and were from his sweetheart Sadie McNeil of Iona, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia. From the appearance of his hands Dr. White Is if the opinion that he was a shoemak- IT, He was cut in two in the middle, he upper portion of his face entirely lnocked off down, to his chin, his brain entirely gone and scattered along the racks, and his body ground almost to pieces. He was dressed in dark clothes 1 md wore shoe eleven and half inches | ong.
 Tn the pockets of the other man, who | vas known to Camp as Smith, was ound a bit of paper in which was writ | en "John T. Hayes, 1925 Washington | treet." He was about twenty-five years | i'd, 5 feet inches in height, wore a l hoe ten and three-quarters inches in | sngth, and was dressed in dark cor uroy trousers, black diagonal cutaway oat and vest, and light gray overcoat f excellent material. Beyond these | othing was found in the pockets of | ither men,
 Medical Examiner White has written l 0 the Washington street address, Bos- on, in the hope of securing further ght upon the subject He has also re- orted the case to Coroner Mix and an lquest will be commenced to-day, at | rhich Camp will be the principal wit ess. In the meantime the remains will e kept at Lewis & Maycock's pending lrther developments.
 New London, March 10-The man Tho was in company with the two men -ho were killed at the Air Line junc- on at New Haven last night and whom
 was said was James Smith, carpen- 1T, is believed here to be Charles A. amp, a brother of the man who after ards called at the police office in New .aven after the accident and gave his anne as Walter Camp. A prisoner who was registered at the )unty jail here as Foley was released ster serving short term on Saturday, ailer Brown said tonight that the -isoner known as Foley had written tiers to Walter A. Camp of New Mill rd, whom he said was a brother Foley" signed his letters Charles A. amp. Nothing is known here of the her men who left this city on the eight and were killed at New Ha- an,