Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1899-09-01
LIE Is CRUSHED OUT
Jack Lynch, q Tramp, Falls Between
Z Northwestern Train and Is
Instantly Killed.
Discovered by 4 Brakeman on q
Passing. Freight Train-Was a
Total Stranger.
No Inquest to Be Held Body to Be
Shipped to Des Moines Med
ical College.


Another fatal accident, the fifth in
the city in three weeks. occurred Thurs
day night in the Northwestern yards at
a point about half way between First
avenue and Center street, when man,
supposed to be Jack Lynch, fell be-
tween the cars of freight train on
which he was riding and was crushed
to instant death.
The accident must have happened
about 1890 o'clock, as near as can be
judged, for Officers Clark and Weaver
and a T.-R. man, who arrived a few
minutes after the report was brought
ito the depot. found the body still warm
The fatality was first noticed by Brake
man Roger Cooper, who was ahead on.
Conductor McKay's special, west
bound, that left the depot about 10: 40.
This train pulled out on q passing track
about ten minutes behind a double
header special, in charge of Conductor
McCune, of Belle PLANE. The reflec-
ton from the engines headlight onto
the main line showed the mangled form
of the man 10 Brakeman Cooper, and he
gave signal to stop. as it was nearing
the time of the arrival of No. g. the
overland limited, which would have
struck the body again. Cooper ran back
to the depot. reported the facts as he
knew them to the operator, and after
the arrival of the police officers a few
moments later the body was removed
from the main line off the right-of-way
Coroner Lierle was telephoned and ar
rived in few minutes with City Mar
shall Jones and Agent F. B. Garvin.
After an examination of the mans
clothing the body was removed to Sim
kins parlors.
From Indications the accident oc-
Cured on the special of Conductor Nc
Cune, but this is only a surmise. To
Isubstantiate it Mr.. r. B. Miller and Mr..
A. Sykes, of Ida Grove, who We're sit
ting on the depot platform waiting for a
train, say they saw two tramps sitting
on coal rack as the train passed the
depot. They think that the dead man
Is the one who sat on the south side of
the car. AT any rate the train had
passed the depot but a few moments
when the report was brought back that
man had been killed. Evidently no
one on the train, excepting of course
the man with Lynch, knew that he had
been killed, for the train did not stop
but hurried west to make LaMoille
ahead of No. 2.
The investigation of the clothing,
which gave the stranger the appearance
of tramp, further substantiated the
| fact that he belongs to that class. In
This pockets were found one scent piece
a little sack partially filled with ground
coffee, usually carried by tramps, a
towel some smoking tobacco and part
1 of cob pipe. There was not one scrap
of paper on his person that would give
any direct clue to his identity. There
was an Identification card, however, is
sued by a foreman of a Chicago, Mil
waukee & st. Paul section gang In July.
The mans number was 100.
The name Jack Lynch as the probably
correct name of the deceased. was fur
nished by W. NJ. Mclaughlin, mar
who has recently worked for Contractor
| Frederick, who is sub-letter OF the
| double track work on the Northwest
| ern from Winston Bros. Mclaughlin
| has been working at Boone and recently
| came to this city. He said that he hae
| met the man In depot saloon about
noon Thursday, and had taken a glass
of beer with him. He said the fellow
! told him his name was Jack Lynch. bu1
that he didn't give his home. AT thai
time, Mclaughlin says. he was not un,
| der the influence of liquor.
Lynch is thought, however, to be one
80 tha N.Y. Oro "A arc UhN n % hean n r.
rested within the past summer. Officer
Clark thinks that he was arrested onl,
q week or SO ago and given a work sen
i tence upon charge of tntoxication.
Lynch Is man probably so years o.
age perhaps little younger. His hail
is black, but slightly Hinged with gray
/ and is inclined to be curly. He has tbs
appearance of being of Irish descent
has broad face. high forehead and ;
fiat nose. inclined to pug. His eyebrow
are heavy. and lighter considerable.
than his hair, while his mustache, which
grows low on both sides of the mouth
is sandy and somewhat gray. The MAJ
would have weighed probably LOO o
40 pounds.
The body was horribly mutilated, TIL
leIC le6 peIIlH cTuSIleu dIlu sSSeIeQ JUS
below the knee, and the right directl.
above the knee. The top Of the skull
4 was badly fractured and the fronta
bone was broken above the nose. Bot
Il feet and parts of the legs were badl.
mashed and were strewn along tn
track for distance of several feet. TIL
man fell probably feet first between tn
cars and was thrown over on his lief
shoulder, which Is mashed badly.
j Lynch was dressed In what was one
probably a fairly good coat, of light ma
terial, evidently worsted. The carmen
was badly worn and very dirty, as wa
also the vest, which had the appearance
I. OF being OF q cheaper material and OF
) reddish brown color He wore two pair
of trousers, of cheap goods, blacl
shirt containing white stripe running
} lengthwise, and brown SLOUGH ha,
Mclaughlin saw Lynch Tuesday eve
ming. he says, and at that time he wa
carrying his coat on his arm. This wa
thought to have probably been the cas-
when the body was picked up. as tn
coat was found several feet to the cas-
OF where the body lay.
4 An investigation Of the police records
made this afternoon at the mayors of
Ace at the instance of Officer Hanson
who identified the dead man as pris
Toner whom he arrested few days age
shows that ~. Lynch, OF Chicago. age,