Richmond daily palladium. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1876-1904, 1898-12-12
CARNEY DEAD.
THE VICTIM OF SATUR
DAYS AWFUL AC-
CIDENr

| Dies Hero's Death Sunday Morn.
ing Between l and 2 o clock
Could Not Withstand the Awful
Shock of His Injuries on Satur-
dav Morning-His Family Well
Provided For.
William Carney. who sustained the
awful Injuries mentioned in the PAL
LADIUM of Saturday, died yesterday
morning st LAS. less II an twenty
hours after he had been caught in the
deadly gear wheel. He fingered in
sgony all day Saturday ard until the
time of his death on Sunday morning.
On Saturday he made his will, dispos-
ing of his large property interests TO
MS wife and his children. He INST
death as bravely as such men do after
proving the heroic stuff of which they
are made.
When his fellow workmen and his
employer heard of his death. it was as
one of their own immediate families
had gone. Mr. Carpenter felt the loss
keenly in more ways Than one. He
awoke at about the hour of Carney's
death. Sunday morning, feeling that
something had taken place that was
unusual, and could not sleep any more
that night. In the morning he learned
the sad truth. While il was sad, il
was yet nappy relief to tie suffering
man.
Mr.. Carney had saved up quite
good deal of money, and at the same
baA 70 LOT Of
property. When he worked for
the railroad company, years and
years ago, he got good wages for his
work, running extra freights
considerable portion of the time. This
money he saved, as he was a man of
simple tastes, with 10 expensive habits
He took good care of all his earnings,
putting his money away or investing it
so that it would bring him good turns.
He had always been able to keep a
good position, as his habits were steady
and of the best. The result was that
he WAS worth some ten TO fifteen
thousand dollars In property and mon
ey. and leaves his family well provi ed
for There was also an insurance
upon his life, and the adjustor was
here on Saturday to look after the
case.
Just here it would bs well 70 con-
slider the source OF the mans heroism.
Aside from the sterling qualities of the
man himself, that always enters into
such cases and must form the basis
and foundation for all such heroism. it
is well to consider where he got his
first training, and figure from that tho
origin of his nerve and GOODNESS and
of self in his terrible ae
cident. He learned his trade on the !
railroad, perhaps under some man
whose bravery and GOODNESS he emu
lated. The railroad engine cabs. with .
|aSss saas fRa sEa din fssel .s1Ilzs
more true heroism of the self-sacrific- |
ng kind than any other assembly :
rooms of like seating capacity on land |
Or sea- The very nature of the work |
makes heroes of men, makes them re-
member self last of all, self after the |
others whose lives depend on the !
engineers courage, GOODNESS and faith |
fulness have been saved, or after
everything possible has been done to
save them. There is the school IN
which the hero, William Carney, grad
uated, and right proud should that
school be OF that grand act of its post
graduate. Sobrlety, faithfulness, in
dustry, devotion TO his family and its
future welfare-what lesson has Blll''
Carney not taught to the employe who
would wish to attain to an ideal posi-
ton in the estimation. first of his en-
ployer. and then of the world, What
a grand solution to the Labor prob
lem."
Besides his wife, Lncy, he leaves
one brother. John Carney of Sedaia,
Mo-; three sisters. Ms. Martin Eagan,
Mrs. John Carroll, and Miss Maggie
Carney; one son, w. p, and two
daughters, Misses Mary and Lucille.
Deceased was 63 years of age.
The funeral will take place Wednes-
day morning at 9 o'clock from st,
Mary's church, where solemn requiem
mass will be celebrated.
CORONER INVESTIGATING.
DIR. E. h. Watts, coroner, this at
ternoon began investigating the case.
on the authority of the prosecuting al
torney. He stated that there were
several things in connection with the
matter that needed clearing up.