Albuquerque daily citizen. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1895-1903, 1902-02-04
MANGLEO TO DtATH.
Switch Engine Run Over and Kill
Car Inspector.
A. c. WILLIAMS HE VICTIM.

At about 8 o'clock last night A. c.
Williams, a car Inspector, who belong
ed to the depot force, met his death in
a sudden and most terrible manner
by being ground beneath the wheels
of the switch engine. Just how the
accident occurred no M can say, as
there was no witness. the first init
nation of anything being wrong was
the jolt feit by the engineer, who i'm
mediately brought the engine to a
standstill to investigate, which dis.
closed the fact that a mans body was
lying on the rail in a terribly mangled
condition, scraps of clothing and pieces
of flesh being strewn along the track
for a distance of twenty-five or thirty
feet. The accident happened at a point
opposite the depot platform and in
front Of the yardmaster's office, from
which the young man had in all prob.
ability Just emerged to follow out his
line of work as a train was just pull
ing in, his duties requiring him to be
at the platform.
The head and upper portion of the
body gave little or no evidence of in
jury, but the trunk from the chest
down was ground to a pulp. Agent
Myers was called by telephone to the
scene of the accident and under his
instructions Justice of the Peace Rib.
BILE was summoned and empanelled a
jury to hold an inquest.
TIo ;,,,- oxa,ipoI tha nrnnnI and
viewed the remains, after which the
jury was instructed to assemble at
Justice Ribble's Office at 2 o'clock this
afternoon to hear the testimony of the
engineer and others who were in the
immediate vicinity at the time the ac
cident occurred. The examination of
the young mans effects did not reveal
much information as to where he hail
ed from originally, the only thing
found that threw any light on the ques-
ton was a letter ~postmarked Franklin,
Tenn, Jan. %, and probably written
by some young relative of h deceas-
ed, the composition and writing indi-
eating that the letter was written by a
school boy or girl in one of the lower
grades. The letter was written with
a lead pencil, and as near as could be
desciphered was signed f. Williams.
Among other things he had a Bank of
Commerce deposit book. showing a
small amount placed to his credit in
the bank.
The young fellow was about 25 years
of age and had been in Albuquerque
since about September Is, working in
the lower yards about two weeks and
from October Is working in the depot
yard. 1t is known, however. that the
young man came from Ration, and had
worked there from July, 1900, to about
the time he came to this city. In his
application for employment at Albu-
querque he gave information as to his
former occupation, that in 1896 and
1897 he was employed by e. H. Clark,
a cooper at r'ranklin, Tenn, and in
1899 and 1900 worked for the same
man at Nashville, Tenn. 1t is known
also hat he has a brotoher about %
years of age and in delicate health
at Franklin, for whom he applied to
the railroad company for t%ransporta-
ton. The postmaster at Franklin has
been telegraphed to notify the family
of the deceased and ask instructions
for disposition to be made of the body.
Pending receipt of the reply from the
family the remains will be held at the
Strong undertaking establishment.