The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-11-27
NE WAS UNABLE,TO MOVE
Henderson Was Too Excited 70
Get Out Of the Way.
TEMPORARILY PARALYzeD
Coronsrs Jury Decides That the Man's
Death Wa Due to an Unavoida-
BILE Accidsns-No One Held
Responsible.

Excitement and temporary paralysis
was the primary cause Of David Hen
derson's death on the Butte. Anaconda
4 Pacific line Thursday morning. This
was shown at the inquest held yester-
day morning in Judge williams court
by Coroner Hardenbrook.
The Jury inquiring into the cause of
death was composed or j. j. Walsh.
w. c. Haynes. ID. G.. Brownell. r.. j.
Downing. c. III. Johnston and A. J..
Kennedy.
s. T. Tierney was the first witness.
He Is a brakeman. He said hat he
resides In Anaconda. The train was
running at the rate of rs miles an hour.
when his attention was called to the
a and men on the rack. The
engineer whisted at a distance of a
quarter OF a mile from the sharp curve.
witness said he was the first one to see
the men. The engine was then about
the distance Of eight cars from the men.
Witness yelled for the engineer to put
on the emergency brake, which was
done. The speed then was only eight
miles an hour. Witness said he saw
one man standing in the middle Of the
track. The man made no move to get
out of the way.
DR.. T. j. Mckenzie was the next wit
ness. He is the physician who exam
med Henderson when he was brought
to Anaconda. He found that there were
several bones broken n the right leg
was broken below the knee. The shout
der blades had been broke and the
man had suffered several bruises on
the right shoulder. The cause of the
mans death was an injury to the lungs
produced by conclusion. causing con-
gestion of the lung. Witness said that
the broken ZONES would not have
caused his death. Witness had had a
talk with Henderson just before his
death. and he then a that he a
ample time to get out of the way OF the
train. but he did not do so.
j. j. Speer said he was one of the
men on the car. They had zone there
20 help lay steel, three miles below
Gregson Springs. A section man named
Pappo was sent ahead to warn the men
OF the approach of any train. He re-
ported that there was a train coming.
Three Of the men Immediately set to
work to remove the handcar from the
track The remaining men did not help
them. as they were too excited.
James Lucy. one Of the section men,
corroborated the evidence of Speer.
Martin Moran testified that he was
h.. one of the men who came from Dawson
TO help lay steel. He was the first n
10 see the train coming. m he put the
brake OF the handcar. Henderson was
looking at the train approaching. but
he did not move Witness believed that
Henderson got excited. The engine was
200 feet away when 1t vas first seen.
The train must have been moving along
at a good rate OF speed, as the witness
heard afterwards hat the conductor
had crashed through a glass when the
brake was put on.
III. Upton, engineer of the train, said:
1T was S:35 when the accident &C.
Cured. On seeing the men / blew my
whistle and threw on the brake. The
speed was then 8 or 10 miles an hour.
The men had plenty of time to get off
the track. 1t was impossible to avoid
the accident"
c. Macdonald, fireman. testified nat
he put on the emergency brake. but he
did not see Henderson move. The train
could not be stopped in time to avoid
the accident.
After hearing the evidence the jury
brought In a verdict TO the effect that
Henderson came to his death through
an unavoidable accident.