The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-07-13
KILLED BY AN OUTGOING TRAIN
The FATAL WALK or BOOK
KEEPER JAMES CRoTTY.

Started out 20 Walk 20 PooIer sat
urday Night. and struck by the
CentraTs Outgoing Passenger
Train az the Five Mile Post-The
Body Not Discovered Intil he-ter-
day AftcrnOOn-Had $4,000 Life
Insurance Policy Dated June 3o
in His Pocket-Coroner Goette
VIII Investigate His Death To-
day-LenveS wife and Eight
Children at PooIer.
James Crotty. a weil-known savannah
bookkeeper who has been in The employ
OF Messrs. John Rourke & son in that
capacity for sometime. was killed 40 The
lve-mile post Oh the Central railroad by
the outgoing passenger train leaving Tire
city al DO O'Clock Saturday night The
body. however. was NOT discovered until
yesterday. and yesterday afternoon 30 was
taken in charge by Coroner Goette.
Crotty lives at poolcr. and has been in
the habit Of coming 90 the city 90 his
work Monday morning and remaining here
until Saturday night. when he went home
10 stay over Sunday. Saturday night. IL
Is supposed. he missed the evening train,
and probably decided to walk 10 Pooler
He was last seen % the station al the
Central railroad junction. about four miles
from the city. This was about 10 O'CLOCK
Saturday night, and Doe said then he was
walking home The agent there said ne
appeared 10 have taken drink or TWO,
hut was not under the influence of liquor
Crotty was not seen again until MS
body was discovered yesterday afternoon
by the engineer OF an incoming passen-
ger train near the hve-mile post ana
on the right-hand side OF the track going
out. The engineer reported the matter
al headquarters on his arrival in the
city. and Coroner Goette was notified al
once. The coroner went out and brought
The body into Savannah, and at once no.
tilted his family al Pooler.
When found the body was laying about
six or eight feet from the track. The
left side Of the head was mashed In and
the shoulder considerably bruised. From
his. injuries and the position in which ne
way lying IL was evident that ne was
walking along by the side Of the rail-
road track and not upon a.. He was
little hard OF hearing. and probably dii
not notice the approaching passengeT
train. 10 appears that he was struck by
one Of the passenger coaches or 10y the
tender of the engine as the engineer or
the train knew nothing OF the accident.
If he had been walking on the track al
the time he would undoubtedly have been
badly mangled.
on investigation Coroner Goette found
some little change ia his pockets. and all
OF his papers showing that the body had
not been disturbed. Among his papers
was a life insurance policy dated June 80
for 5000 He was probably carrying the
policy home with him for the first time, as
he could hardly have obtained 1t more
than a week ago.
Coroner Goette viii investigate the case
this morning. Crotty's death seems 10
have been purely an accidental one. and
no doubt that conclusion will be arrived
at when the investigation is held. The
funeral will take place at II o'clock this
morning from Coroney Goette's office,
NO. GO Broughton street
Crotty was well-knoWn In Savannah as
he has lived here pretty much all his life
He was an expert bOokkeeper. and
had employment with different firms a.
different times. He had been with Messrs.
Rourke a. Son this time little less than a
year. He leaves a wife and eight chill
dren living at Pooler