Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1900-05-22
Mr.. McDougal, Burlington Plumb.
er, Thrown From a Train.
CRUEL TREATMENT BY 1RAIyMEy
Was Found Unconscious Beside Track
at MT. Pleasant-Enroute to Ottum.
wa in Search of Work-Returned
TO Burlington Last Evening.

From Fridays Daily.J
A Burlington plumber by the name
of McDougall, who came to Ottumwa
yesterday in search of employment,
met with serious mishap at the
hands OF Burlington brakeman while
senroute. The injured man came here
with his head tied up, aud all the in
formation that he would give concern
ing the manner in which he was in
jured, was that he fell from a ladder
The Mt. Pleasant News last evening
prints story of some unknown man
who was found beside the Burlington
track at that place early yesterday
morning, whom it is thought was Me-
Dougall, altho he refused to give mis-
name to the Mt. Pleasant authorities.
He told them, however, that he was on
his way to Ottumwa, where he under
stood there was permanent position
in one of the plumbing establishments
Of this city. He said he had been in
the employ OF Stewart & Hayden, OF
Burlington; that he was short of
money and concluded to make the trip
on a freight train. The car in
which he was riding was set
out at Mt Pleasant and when he
boarded the train again brakeman
ordered him dump off. He said the
train was running too rapidly and so
informed the brakeman at the same
time asking him to stop the train when
he would get off. The brakeman
thereupon, he alleges, struck him over
the head with club and again over
| the ear. The second blow dazed him
and he said he was unconscious for
| some time.
DR.. Pitcher found bad cash on
! the top of the head aud the left ear
was nearly severed, but whether the
wounds were produced by blow or
from falling from the train could not
be stated for certainty. There were
three trains that went west about the
time the trouble happened, but there
is no record that any of them did any
switching there. The railroad author
| tiles believe it improbable that a
brakeman would throw {; man off the
train unless he had provocation, and
| if the man had either rolled off or been
| thrown off there would certainly have
been marks on his body. The proba-
| bility is that there is two sides to the
| story and that but one side has been
heard. McDougall is seriously, tho not
fatally hurt. He applied for work at
the plumbing establishment of Wise &
| Thompson, on East Second street, but
| failing to secure employment, return
| ed home last evening.
| Crate Timmons is in town again and
may be sent to the penitentiary next
| Monday when district court convenes
under an old commitment. Crate was
intoxicated last night and was gather
| ed into the fold. In police court this
morning he was fined 500 on general
principles and committed Over year
ago Timmons was convicted of the
crime of burglary. 1t was charged and
proven that he entered the residence
OF Patrick CoGgan and stole an over
| coat. He was indicted and convicted
but sentence was suspended provided
he would leave town and never come
back. Now that he has returned, it
may be that he has walked into a term
in the penitentiary, should the author
tiles see fit to bring the matter to the
attention of the court.
/ Sheriff L.. B. Cousins and deputy,
Edward Carney, of Council Bluffs
passed thru the city last evening with
a prisoner, j. A. Gregory, who is said
to be the first man sentenced under
the habitual criminal act in the
state. Gregory was indicted and con.
victed on the charge of horse-stealing.
During the trial it was brought GU,
that he had been convicted for other
offenses sufficient number of times
habitual criminal act. Accordingly the
hard labor at Ft. Madison.
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