The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1896-06-04
DEAD IN THE ROAD.
William Gehring, q Farmer,
Killed in . Runaway.
AFloATER FOUND IN THE BAY.
CaanaP Duzanie Kicked to Death In .
Row ss Black Dfamond-ThSse
Corpsss In . Day.

william GehrinG. q farmer. who lives
near the notorious Raelon place. mile
or so beyond Greenwood cemetery, was
found dead at sharp turn OF the Ed
nionds road. some distance from his nome,
last evening at o'clock Eis right siae
was crushed in, and Deputy Coroner Ma
than Anderson. who Investigated the case.
Is positive that the killing was accidental
Witnesses saw the horse running away,
and a short time after this the BODY OF
Gehrinr was discovered II Is presumed
from the location Of things at the sharp
turn In the road that the wagon struck
the end OF a log and Gehring was thrown
out over the FIRST log against otherss
which were behind II.
William Gsh-ing was middie-aged man.
He was married and had wife ana one or
two children It Is said that at times he
has lived In the city. He owned small
ranch almost directly opposite the Rad
Ion place which was burned a. part OF
the celebrated conspiracy to defraud the
big Insurance companies out of $sS.ooo.
Gehring needed horse TO use about his
place. and SO he came to town yesterday
morning and hired one. Where he got IL
or who owned Il the deputy coroner could
not learn last night. After Gshring got the
horse home IL ran away and smashed the
singlstree of . spring wagon The names
Of the harness were also broken Gehring
2xa to the wagon In place Of the single
trsa Along toward evening the farmer
concluded IL would Be good idea to bring
the horse back to town. Anderson be-
lisves that Gehring was afraid of the ami
maj. IN consequence OF the morning run
away. and thought It was q good idea to
let the owner have the beast. 1t Is pre-
sumed that Gehring. in attaching the tugs
to tho wagon. made them fast to the end
OF the 2x4. wh.ch In turn was fast. with
out play. to the wagon. Then Gehrtng
started for town.
A short time after this Frank Bertrand
and Harry Baker. young fellows who live
In that part OF the county. saw Gehr,ng's
hired horse running away They feared
somsthing serious had happsned and ran
out to investigate. At a sharp turn OF
the road they discovered the body OF
Gehring. close to the end Of log.
Word was Immediately sent to Coroner
Askaru. and In his absence Deputy Cor
oner Anderson responded, accompanied by
Burt Butterworth. They found the wagon
and horse about a mile from the body.
The horse had run the wagon against an
other log or similar obstruction, and in
preference to breaking away had con-
cluded to stop. Along the road were wheel
spokes- The body lay. as before described.
near the end OF a log. The hat was on the
other side OF the log. There were no
bruises on the head or faee On the left
hand were few places where the skin
had been taken on
IL was apparent that when Gehring was
thrown from the wagon he struck the end
OF a log, which literally caved in his right
aide. Death must have come without much
delay. Anderson and Butterworth then
walked up the road q short distance and
discovered that there was quito a descent
Just before the sharp turn was eneoun-
tered. This led to the gupposit.on that
the horse started At a rapid pace before
the turn was met Owing TO the !npro-
vised sinslctree ana the way the horse
was hitched in. tt was evidently a very
ditncait matter to make a good turn The
result was that the wagon went into the
log that projected at the inside corner OF
the curve and Gehriag was killed. The
body was taken 10 Butterworth q Sons
undertaking rooms