Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-07-06
THIRD VICTIM
OF WRECK DEAD
ROBERT EWING SUCCUMBED TO
HIS INJURIES AT THE SIS
TER'S HOSPITAL.
NOT A RECUL AR
PASSENGER ON TRAIN,
Inquest Yesterday Failed to Develop
the Exact Cause Of the Derail-
ment-Wreck Described.

ttODerI EWING, the third victim OF the
Great Northern wreck, died at the Sis
tiers hospital yesterday afternoon. Ew-
lng's condition was very much improved
"Wednesday, and for a few hours he was
conscious, but later in the day he be-
came unconscious again, remaining in
that condition until his death.
1t is known that Ewing was not a reg |
ular passenger on the Inflated train, and
Conductor lick is of the opinion that
the man was stealing a ride. Ewing was
foundb between two baggage cars and the
%trainrnen are of the opinion that he
could not have been in this position had
he been riding in either of the coaches.
The dead man was about IS years of
age and single. Relatives reside at Hal
stead, Kan. The body is at Sherman's
undertaking rooms.
Coroner Baskier of Jefferson county
held an inquest ON the bodies of Jacobo
Luchessi and JOIN Kelly at Sherman
undertaking rooms yesterday afternoon.
He was assisted by Coroner Julien. A
number of Great Northern officials, in
Guiding Superintendent Ross, Yardmas-
ter Burns and Major Dawson, were pres
ent.
Conductor Kick was the first and most
important witness. His version of the
accident has been published before and
his Testimony was along the same lines
as his story of several days ago He de-
scribed the train. and stated that the
wreck occurred about 1888. The witness
Jtulu S1tt lIu I'd 1O1 JIC WI IllC
! Witness was in the vestibule between
the day coach and the sleeper, when the
train left the track. He manages to
crawl out. secured a lantern and went
about helping the passengers.
Under the side of the day coach.
about a quarter of the way back, I
found the man Luchessi,'' said the wit
ness. 'He was dead. His body was out
of a window and his limbs were through
the window. He was evidently trying t.
own r1 ont yH,h or. tho q foil nNn, NJ him
We cut the casing and removed the BODY.
After ascertaining that all the passen-
gers We're out, as I thought. I met Mr..
Kelly, and he said all his family were
safe but his boy, and asked me to see if
I could find him.. I knew where the hoy
had been sitting, in the half seat next
the toilet room at the rear end of the ear.
and I got inside the car and went to that
point. BY reaching through the window
[ felt the head of the dead boy under the
side of the car. After his 1 ran to a farm
house and got a horse and rode to Wood
vile to report"
Witness then old where Ewing was
found
Ted that the engine did not leave the
track nor the forward trucks of the ten
der; the rear trucks of the tender and
! the empty baggage car was Off the
track and the other cars were On t:'air
sides down the embanknlent. He was of
the opinion that the train was travel
ing at the rate of As 0" 30 miles an hour,
which was not unusua on this portion
of the road. The track was straight and
flevel n he was of the opinion that the
rear truck of the tender jumped the
track, spreading the rails to- such an ex-
tent that the other cars were derailed.
The testimony of Engineer c. FL. Will
son threw but little light ON the mystery.
! He said about the time the accident oc-
Cured he looked out of the cab window
and saw the tender wheels flashing. An
instant later he felt a jar, and before the
train had gone three lengths the cars
were off the track. The next day ne
! went over the grOun- very carefully and
was unable to come 70 n conclusion
as to the cause of the wreck. He found
marks on the ties, such as might have
been made by the flange of a car wheel,
but there was no impression on the
ground between the ties. The testimony
of A. r. Ramey, head brakeman, was
very similar to that of the engineer.
On the invitation OF superintendent
Ross the members of the jury made a
trip on a special train to the scene of
wreck. studied the indentations in the
ties. supposed to have been caused by the
fange of a car Wheel, the
wrecked coaches. and came back to the
city but little wiser than when they went
away.
A verdict was rendered in accordance
with the testimony The jury
let the matter of the Responsibility oi
the accident alone.