The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1900-10-30

The. mystery surrounding the death
of Claude Walker, who was found on
tho I.ackawanna railroad Il week ago
yesterday morning. sim remains un-
solved. The testimony adduccd at the
coroncrs inquest last night only tended
to deepen the mystery as to how the
boy really met death. The jury rem
dcrcd Il verdict that Walker came to
his death in some unknown manner.
The first witness called was Mrs.
Margaret Pearl clark. IA widow, resid-
ing at 1O7 Marion street with whom
Walker boarded. She testified that the
last she SAW of him was on Sunday
night, October II, between . and 10
O'clock when he was sitting in her
bedroom He had been attending to her
wants all day during a temporary i'll
neSs.
Walker then told her he would fix
the fire and lock the house for the
night. and she fell asleep. In the morn
ing her daughter went to the young
mans room To awaken him, but he was
not there. The first intimation she had
of his death WAS when she read in the
papers Il description of the clothing
worn by the man found dead, which
tailed with the clothing worn by Wal
ker.
BROWNS TESTIMONY.
Eugene Brown. who boards with Mrs
Clark, was next sworn. His testimony
was tn the effect that he left Walker
sitting in Mrs. clarks room at I.i5
o'clock sunday evening, when he
,BroWn) retired, and that was the last
he saw of him. He first heard of the
young mans death while riding home
in street ear, when his attention was
called to the story in u newspaper.
He took the paper to Mrs. Clark and
she read the description Of the cloth
ing, and believing Walker to be the
dead man, requested him to go TO North
Scranton To view the remains. Brown
stated that Walker had on various oc-
casions boarded trains in the vicinity
of the CoyuGa mine during the past
month, and usually went up and down
from Nicholson in that way.
Charles Noack, constable of the Thr-
teenth ward. testified that he did not
know of any warrant ever having been
issued for Walkers arrest. Brown was
fearful that Walker would get into
trouble over the Misrepresentation OF
some milk bottles belonging to IL North
Scranton dealer, and asked Noack To
call at the boarding house and scare
him a bit.
The constable called there, but no
mo was in, and further than that he
lid not know any thing about the
case. The witness did rot know Wal
kor and didn't remember of ever hav-
Ing seen him. He was only slightly
acquainted with Brown Did not
nr l,.,,
Walkers arrest.
REV. MIR, FOSTERS TESTIMONY,
rho last witness called was Rev. l..
Il, Foster, assistant pastor of the
Green Ridge Presbyterian church. His
testimony was given in a clear man
ner. He WAS the hunter who found
the manSled remains on the railroad
tracks. He left his home at "a,
O'Clock to go on a hunting trip to Dali
ton, and after being refused IA ride OF
q train, started to walk
Between the West Lackawanna ave
nue. crossing and the SHETLAND street
bridge he met two men on their way
to work. Beyond that, he met sin,
gle man, and further up, two more
men. The latter two We're not dressed
In the garb of rairoaders. Suddenly
he came across the dead body of Wal.
ker on the north bound track, few
minutes after a train had passed up.
1t was then 4.45 O'clock and quit,
dark. AS quickly as possible, he no
titled the switchman and trainmen II
the yard at that point, and they wen
back to where the body lay and re
moved it from the tracks.
The body was lying lengthwise o,