The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-06-01
TWAS HIS OWN FAULT
Macleod Was Trying to Steal a
Ride on Freight.
FELL UNDER THE WHEELS
His Leg Was Crushed and He Died From
Shock-Coroner's Jury Finding Evil
dence to Show That B., A. &P.
Was Not to Blame.

Coroner Julien held an inquest yes
terday and investigated the accident
on the Butte, Anaconda G. Pacific at
Silver Bow Monday evening, in which
Fl. D. Macleod sustained injuries by
being run over, which subsequently re-
suited in his death. The jury was taken
to Silver Bow in the morning, where
the evidence of several witnesses was
taken, and the remainder of the tcsti-
mony was taken at ShernIans under
taking rooms in Butte in the evening.
The evidence was to the effect that
Macleod was trying to steal a. tide to
Butte on a b., A. & T. freight: that at
Silver Bow the train stopped and he
got off; that when he attempted to get
on again as the train was pulling out.
he either caught his foot on a loose tie
or got into a cattle guard, causing Kim
to fall under the wheels of The train,
which ran over his right leg, crushing
the lower portion SO badly as to render
amputatian necessary; and that he
died the morning after the accident
from the effects of the prolonged shock
There was nothing to indicate any
culpability on anyone's 7rt, unless that
of Macleod himself, ana the Jury :e-
turned verdict reciting the facts and
generating the railroad company from
blame.
John F. Callahan. a cook, was the
first witness examined at Silver Bow
He said he and several others heard a
man yelling about II o'clock Monday
night. They went out to see what was
up and then heard man call, For
Gods sake, come and help me- They
m WI
he had been run over A freight train
had just pulled in on the B., A. & p.
tracks, done some switching and pulled
out and 1t was this train that had run
over him. They carried him to a near
by saloon, where a railroad man cut
open his trousers and bound up his in
jured leg, which was terribly mangled,
as best he could. The man said he had
tried to board a B., A. & P. freight
train and his foot had caught loose
tie and thrown him under the wheels.
Witness examined the place the next
day, and said that in his opinion the
man cot into a cattle guard which
was Immediately at the spot where the
accident occurred. instead of striking a
loose tie. He had said there were two
other men with him, but did not say
who they were. 1t was about half an
hour from the time he was hurt till he
was sent to Butte.
William Campbell fireman, gave
the same testimony as the preceding
witness, and said the injured man had
lost a great deal of blood and suffered
greaN. He had given his name as H.
D. Macleod.
The testimony of John Harnett and
George c. Rogers correspondent with
the statements of the preceding wit
nesses. +fali
Edward Gavin, proprietor Of the sa-
loon to which the injured man was
taken. told of a conversation he held
with Macleod. He had said he was
from Canada, but at first would not
state just where, as he said he did not
want his parents to hear of his mishap.
When urged to tell who his people were
and where he lived. SO they could be
notified in the event he should die, he
said he was not going to die. Later he
told where his people lived, but witness
did not hear where it was.
George Smith related the circum-
stances of hearing the injured mans
cutlery and of going to his assistance,
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