Albuquerque weekly citizen. (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1891-19??, 1900-04-28
Under the Wheels was
Conductor Hill.
Body FrightfuIIy Crushed
and Mangled.
Remains Shipped to East Las Vega'
This Morning,
NO WITNESSES TO THE ACCIDENT

The remains Of Conductor George NJ.
IAN, whose friEhtful death occurred
last night at nefuainlo. under the
whocis OF the passenger train he was
In charge OF. were al Ipcd % Eaat Las
Vegas, als bcrcaved home. by Under
takor strong this morning.
The particulars OF the tragic death
of the wcll-known and popular railway
conductor are about as follows:
Conductor Hiil was IN charge OF pas
senger train No. /, which reaches this
city az 5:s5 .. m. from the east, and
does mo- special local work. hence makes
no stops az rmall, unimpoftant sta
tons When the train reached Bcrna-
llllo and the engineer was slgnalied to
pull out" ". H. Gibble. the head
brakeman. and w o. Byrnc. the rear
brakeman. buslcd themselves in freeing
the train 81 rcveral trampa who were
attempting to steni "a ride 10 this city.
In ~ doing Glbblc was compelled 90
ride into the city on tl;e blind baggage.
leaving She entire train IN charge o..
Conductor iiill taa he supposed. and
the rear brakeman.
The conductor was not missed until
the train reached Albuquerque. when a
Western Union operator. on receiving
q query from ncrnalillo, asked ~ Con-
duasor HlH was on the train"
Investigation then revealed the fact
that Conductor Hill had fallen from
his train 80 Bornalilio, and that his
remains. horribly mangied and multi
lated, had been found about hundred
yards from the Bernalillo depot.
When the No. n passenger train
reached Bernalillo about an hour later
the remaina OF the conductor-parts OF
which were ground and torn into
shreds-werc picked up and brought to
this city. They were turned over "a
Undertaken strong. who cmbaimcd and
patched up the body the best he could
and shipped 10 to East Las vegas.
The theory being advanced that
tramps might have been responsible
Tor the horrible affair Justice Craw
ford waa summoned and he empanellci
a coroner's jury Of Arthur Evoritt. A.
y. Whitson. Dwight Wheeler. Al. Cole
man. Toney Ortiz and W H. McI.augh.
lin.
Mayer Gibbons, one OF the tramps
elected from the train. stated that h,
and three others had been put OF IN,
front part OF the train by the head
brakeman. He noticed the conducto,
give the signal with his lantern. for
The train To move out, ana then the
light disappeared underneath the train
When the train had passed on, Glib.
Inns Fs.f
sure that some accident had happened
walked up the track aad met a Mex.
lean. who said that somebody had beer
hurt They then found the dead bod,
% the conductor. which has been rur
over and horribly mangled. Glbboni
stated that he had no words whatever
with the conductor.
The Mexican. who was with Gibbons
gave his testiony sustaining that o
Gibbons a. TO the light disappearing
underneath the train. heard something
fan, and az TO the finding Of the body
The testimony of Gibhic and Bryne
brakemen. brought out no evldenc,
That tramps We're responsible for IA,
death Of Conductor Hlll. They reclte,
/ the story OF putting on the tramps
and Bryne said that he had seen IN,
conductor give the signal for the trail
10 move on, as he was In the act o
getting on the platform OF the reaI
end OF the smoker.
George Nj Hill was one OF the oldes
passenger and freight conductors OF
the Atchison. Topeka A. santa Re rail
way. coming 10 New Mexico from
Pennsylvania In 1881. He was a iirst
class rtllroader and had many warm
personal friends scattered along IN
Santa Fe route. He carried consider
able Insurance on his life and vas IA
owner of rome valuable real estate Il
Las Vegas. lie leaves wife. daugh
ter and a steD-daughter to mourn hi
untimcl yend