The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-07-26
SON-GUN.

here from Indiana Saturday night
the men spent some time in a South
Minneapolis saloon and had perhaps
two or three glasses Of beer each, but
Mcmahon is positive that neither he
nor McKenna was drunk at midnight
when he left his friend and went off
to sleep. 1t was about 4 o'clock yester- |
day morning when Conductor Charles
E. Thayer and Brakeman Daniel Cliff |
ford Of a Chicago, Milwaukee & st. |
Paul switching crew, were Mortified to
see a PROSTATE form lying on the track |
in front Of a string Of cars which |
were about to be attached to the train |
of cars which the switch engine was |
pushing. The conductor and brake
man were standing on a car of the |
train to which the other string Of cars |
were to be attached, but they did not |
notice the man in time to stop the train |
before he had been struck. When first
seen the man lay across the track
between the rails. He was dragged
about twenty feet, and when the train
was stopped he was lying between the
rails and at right angle to the ties
His breast was crushed in by the
were taken out of his arm and his head
was scratched and bruised. Life was
extinct when he was picked up. Coro-
oner Dennis viewed the remains and
had them removed to the morgue
where an inquest will be held at 10
o'clock this morning. 1t was learned
from Mcmahon that McKenna has a
brother, William, who runs a saloon
in Omaha. He was notified of the &C
cident, and word is expected from him.
That there might be foul play in con-
nection with the case was first adj
vanced by the railroad men of the
switching train. In fact several of
them made such statements Immediate
ly after the occurrence that the whole
matter will warrant thorough 1nVes-
LEGATION by the authorities.
Brakeman Daniel Clifford stated that
he was standing on top of the end box
car, the one which was to make the
coupling. He saw the body lying be-
tween the tracks as the car was about
to bear down upon it. 1t was quite
light by this time, and he says he could
see the features Of the man distinctly.
The body lay perfectly motionless,
while on the forehead there was a cut
and part of the face was covered with
blood. He instantly gave the signal to
beam caught the body and carried it
half a car length. No groan emanated
from the body, which would be very
natural had he only been sleeping or
stunned. The story of Brakeman Cliff
ford is corroborated by Charles Thayer,
conductor of the crew. who also
claims he saw the body before it was
struck
While waiting for 1.-THE coroner, who
was called by Officer Nelson, the crew
set about to discover evidence to sub
stantiate the theory that the dead man
had been foully dealt with. On the
parallel track, east of the one upon
which the accident occurred, was an
other string of cars. Between the coup
ling of the one nearest to the accident
were unmistakable fresh marks in the
sand, which, according to the
statements Of the railroad men, were
not made by any of the crew The
marks were such as might have been
made by the dragging of a body allow
ing the feet to touch the ground. On
the east side of this car, beneath it
but outside the rail- were signs that
would show that a scuffie had occurred.
The ground was considerably torn up,
and there were plain finger marks in
the sand, as if two or more men might
have been in a rough and tumble fight.
After examining these marks, the
crew walked towards Cedar avenue,
which is about forty feet away from the
scene of the accident Between two tele-
graph poles, which were about two rect
apart, further signs of a scuffie were
found, while on the ground, on the In
side between the walk and the curb,
were found scent piece and penny.
The coins were about six inches apart.
They were taken by the coroner and
may be used at the inquest.
Brakeman Clifford also stated imme-
diately after the accident that he had
felt the body after the train had struck
it. and it was then nearly cold. AS
there had practically no loss of blood,
it would be likely that the body would
retain it's natural heat for some time
AT the morgue nothing on the body
was found by which 1t could be identi-
fed, and the mans name was unknown
until the remains were recognized by
Mcmahon, who, with the train crew,
will be used as witnesses at the Inquest.
On the body was found cent in money,
considerable smoking tobacco and some