Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1902-04-10
KILLED ON THE RAILROAD.
Andrew rIalvik of Thief Lake. nar-
shall County, Meets Death
at CrOokstOn.
A TEMPERANCE LESSON.

The Crookston Journal contains
the following account Of the horrible
death Of Andrew Malvik, Of Thie1
Lake: 5
Last night the chief OF police was
notified that a man had been found
dead on the Great Northern Rail
road near the Carman bridge. He
called up Coroner Chesterman and
together they proceeded to the scene
to find the remains Of a man in a
horribly mangled condition, parts OF
his body being scattered along the
track for a distance of about twenty
five yards. His head had been com
pletely severed from the body and
the body cut up till it was hardly
possible to recognize it as that Of a
human being.
With the assistance Of those who
had congreg a ted around the place OF
the gastly find, the fragments were
gathered together and taken to
Chesterman's undertaking rooms
where on examination of the
pockets of the dead mans
apparel papers we're found
that disclosed the fact that
his name was Andrew Malvick, and
that his home was in the town of
Thief Lake in Marshall county.
In the pockets were found natural
ization papers, a patent for eighty
acres Of land in sec. 5, town OF Thief
Lake, Marshall county, some letters,
25 cents in money and other articles
OF no consequence.
This morning the police Depart
ment and the coroner set inquiries on
foot that developed the fact that the
deceased had come in from Warren
on the st. Vincent train last night
in an intoxicated condition and then
disappeared.
1t is not known what train caused
his death or how it occurred. No
ticket was found among his effects,
so it is supposed he must have at.
tempted to steal a ride on freight
train thatpulled through the yards
8 o'clock, and fell between the cars
The engine men in charge OF the
freight that it would have been
impossible for' them to have run
down a man who was walking along
thetrack without seeing him, SO that
theory had to be dropped.
Coroner Chesterman this morning
telegraphed Clerk OF Court Mork, Of
Warren, to learn if the man had any
friends who would take charge OF the
body, and received a reply about
noon stating that after a careful in
quiry around town Mr.. Morck had
been unable to find any one enough
interested to be a friend to the dead
man.
Coroner Chesterman, after looking
oyer the evidence obtaina BILE, decided
that an inquest. was not necessary
and if no one comes to claim the re-
mains they will be buried at the
county's expense"
Albin Young, of Warren, went to
Crookston Monday to look up the
particulars, and found them sub
stantially as above stated. Mr..
Malvik left Warren in a somewhat
intoxicated condition on Friday
evenings train for Crookston, and
from there he was to go to Thief
River Falls to make final proof on
his land the following Monday. No
one in Crookston seems to know
where he kept himself from the time
he arrived in the evening until about
nine o'clock when his frightfully
mangled remains were found on the
railroad track in a somewhat out OF
the way place. When he left Warren
he is known to have had some
money, some think about fifty
dollars, and the fact that only a few
cents were found in his pocket book,
might Indicate robbery, and that his
body was thrown on the track to be
run over by the cars in order to ward
off suspicion. The actual facts as to
his death may never be known. But
the indirect if not the direct cause Of
his death may be traced to strong
drink. Mr.. Malvik has been working
in Warren and vicinity more or less
during the past 20 years. Only oc-
casionally when he came to town
would he imbibe too freely. AS far
as known he has no relatives in this
part OF the country.
For Sale.
/ have 5 good work horses and
some farm machinery, consisting OF