The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1896-10-18

TIE dead eccy ce an unknown man les
on q slab O. Buttsrworta's ur9er-akinS
roozns, with both legs. both Arras. back.
chest and every rso broken The cnly cue
60 ne identity Of the victim Is that ne
tod Section Foreman Jackson. of the
Northern Pacl2c. early yesterday morn
Ing that he had been working for 40
French Lsnzoer Company at Chenasts. and
was on ais way to visit friends IN Seattle
Northern Pacific train No. IL. whzcn Feft
SSatrss for Tacoma Al O'Clock yesterday
morning. killed this man about mile
ard tnree-cuarsers north OF Back NAvef
Junct1on 1t was very foggy, and acaoro-
ing 10 the report obtained by Deputy
Coroner Eu;terworth. Engineer Anderson
s5.d not see him on ehe track The Acca-
dent happened on a curve The train vas
running AZ high rate Of speed. and IL
A. Chadwick, VINO was On the tram. says
THAI II went fuzzy . quarter or NILE
after Dumping the man before coming 70
q stop. Even at that time II was not
known what had been struck. The train
backed up and came upon the i1eless BODY.
lying at the side q the track. TIE man 5
legs were DOUBLED Uo backward against
his sides and with the exception OF bad
CIT on che right side Of his head he did
nos appear to be mangled. As soon a. the
body was picked W " became apparent.
been broken.
A careful exarYsfn ton OF the ground con-
WINGED those present that the maa had
been thrown about Atty feat. and the con-
tents of bundle which he had been carry
Ing were scattered in al directions. There
- an old expression about hitting q man
SO hard that IT VIII raise him out OK
his shoes. II Is hard TO imagine man
being knocked out u his shoes. but that
IL 49, Nc, z~1
wore congress shoes. and during his flight
through the air he lost both OF them. One
was found near his body. but the other
has not been found yet.
The body was taken on the train 20
Black River Junction, and there LEFT.
Word vas sent to Coroner Askam, who
sent Bert B1ttery orth out to investigate,
as he L. sstA confined at home with a
sprasned knee. The body was brought into
the city last evening. and Is now az Butt
terwortn's Undertaking rooms, awaiting
Identification.
Butterworth learned that the dead man
was walking along the track early in the
morning. and that he met Section Fore
man Jackson. He was deaf in the left
ear. ana could not hear without effort in
the right. Jackson Is reported to have
told him II was dangerous for him 10
walk along the track in the fog. He told
that he could see all right. He also told
Jackson that ne had been working for the
French Lumber Company, at Chehalis.
and that he had not been paid. More than
week ago he went 10 Tacoma 10 get
work. He gave his occupation as cabinet
maker. He said that ae had started for
Seattle 70 visit some friends. but neglected
10 give their names or his own. He also
said that he had some property in Kan
sas. which gave him an income OF about
s. a month.
There was not scrap OF paper on the
body TO assist In Identification. There
was not a cent OF money, either. The
man Is about 5 feet inches tall. and Will
weigh Ito pounds. he has rather long
black hair. His mus.aehe Is black. and
he has black chin wh.Axers tinged with
grey. His nose Is prominent, and his eyes
are set we'll back In his head. He wore
oYerAlls.