The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1899-12-29
WAS FROZEN
In THE ICE.
The Body of Samuel Walk
Was Found In the
East Creek.
SKATERS DISCOVERED 1T.
He Is Supposed to Have Fallen From
the Pennsylvania Bridge igY
SKATERS DISCOVERED 1T.
AND SUSTAINED INJURIES
which Rendered Him Helpless to Prevent
Drow ming Several Hours Before the
Body of the Unfortunate Man
Was Identified Was
Well Known.

fl-s-A +
Several small boys who were indulg-
ing in skating on the ice covering the
East creek in the vicinity of the Penn
sylvania railway bridge near Pennsyl-
vania avenue. about o'clock Tuesday
morning, were Mortified to discover the
body of man frozen into the ice at O
point just east Of the bridge, and about
three feet out from shore. The body
was lying face down, with only a small
portion of the back of the head and back
visible above the water. About three
inches of ice covered the balance of the
body lying underneath the ice. Cor
oner Schuffell was telephoned and he
responded and viewed the remains, and
McCrea and Arnold's ambulance was
summoned and the body was removed
to their morgue to await Identification
and preparation for burial
When Louis e. Dannemiller, the
driver Of the ambulance arrived on the
scene with an assistant to take charge
of the body, he had a most gruesome
task before him. that of cutting the
body out Of the ice. The coating had
frozen so thick over the body that axes
had to be secured before the upper por-
ton of the body could be loosened and
crowbars were required to pry the legs
out of the thick development of ice.
A long cash, presumably resulting from
a terrible crush, was visible on the
right side of the head Just above the
ear. The body was lying so that the
right arm was bent outward at an an
gle showing an effort to prevent the
fall from the bridge. 1t is believed that
the man was struck sometime during
Monday by a passing train, and his
body hurled to the creek below, where
death resulted. A heavy rain fell Sat-
urday night and therefore the ice could
not have been frozen so thick as it was,
and it is conjectured that the accident
"a hours. The cold air kept the body
in an excellent state of preservation.
A News-Dmocrat reporter called at
the morgue Tuesday morning where he
was shown the body, stripped of the
frozen clothing. In one corner of the
room lay chunk of ice covered cloth
ing which had been removed from the
body. A plain pocketbook fell out of
one of the pockets when the clothing
was being removed. Other effects were
not obtainable at that hour on account
of the pockets being frozen and it was
feared that any papers therein might
be torn If an attempt was made to tear
ynnn Tha Ia
a stretcher. The body is about 8 feet
8 inches long, the face appears to be
that Of German, although the fea-
lures are somewhat distorted possibly
from the. result of the accident. Appa-
rently he was a man weighing about 165
pounds, of very strong build. He had
a thin, sandy mustache, gray eyes, and
slightly tinged with gray. Appear
ances would indicate that the unfortu-
nate must have been about As years of
age. About one weeks growth Of
beard covered his face.
IDENTIFIED.
The dead man was identified Tuesday
noon as that of Samuel Walk, who was
formerly employed by George Oliver,
the teamster and who boarded at 1914
East Fifth street. He was lately en-
ployed at hauling stone for the new
Case residence. Mr.. George Oliver
|'stated that he had not seen Walk since
last Sunday morning, and that the de-
ceased had been for a short time pre-
vious thereto under the influence of
liquor. sister, Mrs. Ross Foster, re-
sides In Cleveland, another sister re-
sides in some city distant from here.
walk originally came from Osnaburg,
where his father resided. He was en-
gagged as teamster at one time by
John Hossler. of East North street.
Coroner Schuffell assisted by DIR. s.
b. Post made thorough examination
OF the injuries sustained by the man.
They found that the cut above the
right ear did not penetrate the skull,
and that Walk probably was not struck
by train as at first thought, but that
he may have been walking along the
| track and have fallen off the railroad
bridge where the ties lay far apart and
struck stone below as he fell and sus-
tained scalp wound. 1t is probable
| that he was only stunned by the fail
and when he landed face down In the
water he may have drowned. The rel
atives at Cleveland have been notified
or the finding of the body and they