The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1898-06-30
\ HORRIBLE DEATH.
BERTHOLD LOTHROP KILLED BY
A NORTHWESTERN TRAM.
BODY WAS TERRIBLY MANGLED
Unfortunate Man Was Struck When Re-
turning Home From Night of Rev
elry in This City and Died
in Great Agony.

The Northwestern paper train,
which reached Kenosha at five o'clock
Sunday morning, brought in the man
gled remains of laborer who had
been killed some time during the
night near the crossing of the road at
Ashland avenue. The remains were
cut up almost beyond recognition and
it was some time before any one was
found who could identify the man who
had met with such a horrible death.
The pieces of the body, which were
torn and bleeding, were placed on
railroad cot and taken to Krichbaum's
undertaking establishment, where they
were identified as the remains of Ber-
thold Tathrop, a laborer employed on
the sewer now being constructed on
Grand avenue. The time and manner
of the mans death can not be ascer-
tanned, but the story told by the rail-
road men indicate that it was most
horrible. The body was cut up into a
dozen pieces, the trunk being cut half
in two. The face was all that re-
NAMED of the head and both arms
and legs had been cut off and torn irto
Jelly. The track for more than half
a mile presented sickening sight and
was covered with blood and flesh pulled
from the body of the unfortunate
laborer. LOthrOp was we'll known in
Kenosha having lived here for several
years and during this time he has held
a number of responsible positions. A
number of years ago his wife died and
since that time he seems to have taken
little interest in life. For some time
he had been living on the Becker farm
south of town, and it was his custom
to return home at night along the rail-
road track. Last Saturday night he
was in the city until a late hour, start
ing home with another Dane named
Nels Busch.
During the evening the unfortunate
man had been spending the time il
one of the Brassville saloons, and peo-
pie who saw him as he started for his
last trip home say that he was cOnsid-
erably under the influence of liquor.
He left Busch at the railroad track
and started for home, but he must
have changed his mind and returned
to the city, for several persons claimed
that they saw him wandering about
the streets after midnight Saturday
night. Lothrop was Dane and from
all indications had few friends, as no
one seems to know anything about
him. He lived alone with a house
keeper at the country house and most
of his time in the city has been spent
either in work or in the saloons. He
leaves large family, but since the,
death of his wife DOne of the younger
children have been living with him but
have been given over to several we'll
known Danish families in the city.
His older children are married and
have homes of their own.
As soon as the remains we're brought
to the city the coroner called jury to
view them and then adjourned to rem
der a verdict this afternoon. The
prevailing opinion in regard to the way
the man was killed is that he was
walking along the main track when he
fell and struck his head, rendering
him unconscious to the approach of
the train which passed over him, kill
ing him instantly. Others think that
he was struck by one train and
knocked on to the parallel track, and
the body was mangled after death.