Little Falls weekly transcript. (Little Falls, Morrison Co., Minn.) 1894-19??, 1895-07-19
FOUND A CLUE.
1t 10 Claimed that the Man
Killed Friday wac
John Moriarty.

A tramp informed j. M. Patterson
Friday afternoon that the man
killed in the morning was a friend OF
the former. and that he knew some
thing about him. Mr.. Patterson
notified Chief Baily, who went to
the depot and interviewed the man.
From the description given OF the
dead man, the tramp recognized him
az John Moriarty. Moriarty was
a Kansan, though from what town
the man did not know. He said
Moriarty had wealthy relatives,
and had run away from home be-
cause of trouble with his step-father.
Moriarty was born in Springfield.
Mo. The man went north ward in
the evening, but told the chief he
would let him know if he found the
negro who had been seen with the
dead man.
The officers W ere unable to find the
negro yesterday, and John Raymond
and Charles Bauman were exam
| ined.
John Raymond testified that he
was at the depot between the hours
of II and 4. He saw an extra freight
come in about 1:30; it pulled out
westward ABOUT 2:05. When the
train got half way from the depot
he heard someone yell. He thought
it was one of the trainmen, and 50
paid no ,, ttentiOn to it. After the
train passed the switch, heard some
body groan again. He went back
to the depot and told the operator
someone was hurt. After that he
took the lantern and started out to
see. Got half way up the switch,
and met Conductor Marx and the
brakeman coming back. The con-
ductor got there at the same time nc
did. He found the man lying in the
middle of the track, looked at him a
few minutes and went back to the
depot and telephoned for physician.
They asked the man his name, and
he did not seem to understand. The
man wanted them to pick him up,
asked two or three times to he
turned over, and called for water
once or twice. Stayed about min
utes at depot. The ansaid he was
knocked off, could not say it it was
the brakeman, or some Of his friends.
He mentioned someone's name;
could not tell what it was. One OF
the brakeman said that the man said
his first name was Martin. He lived
about Is minutes after the witness
had first seen him.
Charles Bauman, night operator,
testified that an extra freight going
west came in between 12and 4. Saw
the man after he was dead. There
were present Marx and two brake
men, John Raymond and two
tramps.
The jury then rendered the follow
ing verdict:
STATE OF MINNESOTA
COUNTY OF MORRISON.
An inuuisition taken at Harting 4
Sons morgue in the city Of Little
Falls, Morrison county, MIMI, on
the 18th day OF July, 1895. before
Lew. Jas. Wright, deputy coroner OF
said county of Morrison, upon view
of tie body of the unknown person
living there dead, by the Oaths OF the
Jurors whose names are hereunto
subscribed, who, being duly sworn
to inquire on behalf of the state OF
Minnesota, when. how, and where
by what means the said unknown
person came to his death, upon their
oaths do say, the said unknown
person came to his death by being
run over by Il freight train, the
manner in which he came to get
under the wheels of the train being
unknown to this jury.
| CHAs. LATHAM,
M.Jos. BoCKHORNI,
G. @. ORR.
JOHN A. BLAIR,
MIKE LACEY,
l.. D. BROWN.
LEW. JAS. WRIGHT.