Chariton courier. (Keytesville, Chariton County, Mo.) 1878-current, 1900-09-28

I2o feet from the trestle-I discovered
this man crawling toward me; l threw
on my air, reversed my engine and
then whistled, and after | stopped got
down off my engine to see if he was
not under the train; as l passed by
Mr.. Busby he said the man had been
knocked off up ~ the bridge: we
ran up 10 the bridge took the stretch
er and got him and put him in The car
and took MN TO Glasgow and had
DR.. Pritchett examine him, and
brought him to Salisbury; it was then
about o'clock a. m. when the acci-
dent happened; he was about the
middle Of the tres'le and was down or
his hands and knees; | think his death
was caused by the fall in being knock
ed off the trestle by engine No. 242;
went about 50 or 200 feet before |
could stop my engine; saw them put
the body on the train, but did not see
it any more until I got to Glasgow; l
saw him talking to the doctor at Glas =
gov; l don't think anyone IN the en-
ploy of the railroad company could
have avoided the accident
Perry l.. Davis testified:
Il reside IN MoberIy; occupation a
brakeman on the Glasgow branch OF
the Wabash railway; on the morning
of September Fl, about s o'clock.
while on train No. 20, about one
west of Forest Green, | felt the en-
gineer put on the emergency brake:
then I heard him whistle; l looked
out to see what was the matter. but
the engineer obstructed my view and
| could not see; about the middle Of
the treste the engine struck a man
and knocked him 10 one side, and |
saw him falling; he turned over twice
and alighted fllt Of his back; | think
he fell about IS feet; just after we got
on the bridge l got up and put on
brakes on non-air car, and aft er we
stopped l got down and ran back
Mr.. GiIchrist aid together; we got
there about the same time and found
The man who had been struck lying
with his head to the south, about 10
feet from the trestle; | found him still
alive; | got the stretcher and we put
him in the car; | examined him and
found his right leg broken and several
other fractures; he asked several times
to be raised up while going down on
the train; raised him up once; after
that We did not raise him again; he
told me his folks lived at Milan, and
that their names were Eli, John and
Henry Harris; the accident could not
have oeen avoided at that point"
Joe Metzger, the fireman, also
testified before the coroner's ury, and
the evidence he offered fully corrobor-
ated that of Engineer Purdy.
The coroner's jury, composed OF J.
P Christian, as foreman, NJ. V. John
ston, rheo. w oods, Bentley Heryford.
NJ. B. Williams and J. w. Redd, re-
turned the following verdict:
THE VERDICT.
We, the jury, find that the deceas-
ed came to his death from being &C
struck by engine No. 242
on train No. 20 on a trestle about one
mile west of Forest Green, in Chari-
ton county, Mo-"
The coroner makes the following
statement of the case:
The deceased was an old man
about 10 or IS years of age and de-
crepid; he was attempting to cross the
trestle on the Glasgow branch, one
mile west of Forest Green; he was
crawling on his knees and was about
half way across the trestle when he |
was struck and thrown down. as stated !
in the evidence; deceased made no !
ante-mortem statement in regard to |
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