The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-08-06
MYSTERIOUS DEATH
ON THE RAILROAD
William F. YagIe, Of Little England,
May Have Been Murdered.
HIS DEAD BODY FOUND BY A TRAMP
Appearances DO Not Garry Out the
Theory That He Was Killed by n
Train..COrOner LOngstrcct Has
Begun an Investigation and Will
Hold an Inquest Saturday Night.

William +. Yagle of Little England,
Dunmore, was found dead on the Della
ware, Lackawanna Il Western tracks
near No. at 9 o'clock last night by
tramp giving his name as George An
derson, and who says his home is in
Meadville, Pa. There is mystery
about Yagle's death, which may never
be solved, but the jury empaneled by
Coroner Longstreet will meet Saturday
evening in the court house to inquire
into the case, and meanwhile the tramp
is locked up in the central police sta
ton held as a witness to tell what he
knows about it.
Sagle was employed in the Delaware.
Lackawanna & Western machine shops
in this city. 1t was his custom to ride
up home every evening on one Of the
south-bound trains and get off at Ash
street in Petersburg. He received his
months pay yesterday and when his
body was found the only money in his
pockets was $1.36.
WOUNDS ON HIS BODY.
Being found dead, lying in the middle
of a railroad track, the natural conclu-
sion is that he was killed by a train:
but there Is a large incised wound nthe
head, about eight inches long which
appears to have been made with q
sharp pointed instrument: the skull Is
fractured, there Is a bruise on the right
shoulder and wound above the right
eye. Not any of the injuries seem to
have been inflicted by an engine or that
he could have sustained them by being
run over by cars. His clothes. too. do
not show that he was run over, hurled,
or dragged.
Anderson, the tramp, was the first to
make known the fact to the Dunmore
police. He is not suspected of any foul
dealing. but on account of his being n
wandering person. it was thought best
to lock him up and in that way be sure
OF having him at the inquest Saturday
night.
Coroner Longstreet was notified and
he authorized Undertaken Letchworth
| to remove the body.
WHAT ANDERSON SAYS.
Anderson says he was walking along
and near the point where the body was
found he saw man sitting on the
edge of the ties. He went quite dis
tance beyond this point and decided
he could board a train easier down In
the yard when he was put off, SO he re-
traced his steps, and on coming to
where he saw the man sitting before he
now found dead man lying between
the rails. Then he went for an officer.
He was taken to the central police sta
tion by Officers Bolger and Dolphin, of
DunmOre, by order of Coroner Long
street.
The following jury was empanelled:
r. p. Letchworth. NJ. E. Dolphin, w. w.
Fay, NJ. j. Golden, NJ. ]. Boyle, and NJ.
f. Langan. No testimony was taken,
except the story of the tramp. The de-
ceased lived with his parents and was
very frugal. He was not addicted to
drink, they claim, and gave them a
large part of his pay every month.
The facts that it was pay day, that
the injuries do not appear to have been
caused on the railroad, and that very
| little money was found in his clothes
lend color to the suspicion Of robbery
and murder.