The silver blade. (Rathdrum, Idaho) 1895-1903, 1902-01-25
JERRY LANE KILLED.

struck by . Train and mis- BODY Cut In
Two and Horribly Manglsd.
About 2 o'clock on Tuesday after
noon word was received In Rathdrum
that Jerry Lane had been run over by
train and killed at Cheney, Wash
ington. No particulars could then be
obtained and even now the exact
manner OF his death is unknown.
Jerry was foreman Of rock gang
working near Cheney. About IL
o'clnck he said, .sBoys, will 90 down
to the house after the powder That
was the last seen or heard OF Jerry
Lane alive. About noon his mangled
remains were found lying beside the
track. The body had neen cut In
two at the hips and horribly mutila-
ted, the left eye being gouged out.
Part Of the body was lying about Is
yards from the other as though 1t had
been dragged. This is all that can
be learned of the accident. The crew
of the train that killed him do not
seem to know anything Of the acct
dent. Traces Of footsteps and blood
seem to point that he was walking on
the track, going toward the train,
when struck.
It was an awful tragedy. The be-
reaved wife and children have the
sympathy of the entire community,
where deceased was widely known by
the familiar name Of Jerry.
The last that most Of his Rathdrum
friends saw him was at the Forester's
lodge and banquet on the evening OF
January l. He was Deputy Grand
Chief Ranger Of the Foresters and
had come up from Cheney that night
for the purpose Of installing the new
Officers. He arrived late and as he
entered tho lodge room with that
railroads.&c., staggering walk peculiar
to him, he was greeted with spon-
toneous burst Of applause and hand
tapping. At the banquent he SEEM
ed to be unusually hale and hearty
and ia good spirits. On Tuesday the
2lst he was ground to death beneath
the iron wheels Of ! railroad locomo-
tive.
A joint committee Of Knights and
Forresters from Panhandle Lodge No.
10 and Court Rathdrum No. IA, con-
sisting Of Joseph Poirier, e. Z Ma
nor, John RUSSELL VIM. Cleland,
Henry Lartie, Robert Dyer and Jno.
G. Callahan, were appointed to 20 TO
Cheney and receive the remains, OF
which the Cheney Lodge, Knights
Pytnias, had taken charge, and for
which they had done all that could
be done. The committee returned at
midnight, Wednesday, with the re-
mains, which were met at the depot
by members of the two orders and es-
corted to the home of the deceased.
Funeral services were conducted at
the Catholic church at 10 o'clock on
Thursday morning. The pail bearers
were Joseph Polrier, J. w. McDer-
mott, E. p. Manor, Louis Eilert, Ed
Regis aud o. LAWN.
Jeremiah G. Lane was born in the
little town OF Millstreet, County Cork,
Ireland on the % day OF April, 1859.
When about Is years Of age he landed
IN Boston and shortly afterwards went
to Denver, where he first met the lady
whom he afterwards married, He
then went to San Francisco, remain
ing about two years, where he and
Mrs. Lane were married, On the %"
day Of April 1885, About years
after their marriage, the family went
back to Ireland on months visit to
the old folks. About 9 years ago he
took service with the Northern Paci-
flc railroad Company aid has been
with them, of and ON ever since.
Five years Of this service was spent as
section foreman at Granite. Deceas-
ed leaves wife and two daughters
and two sons, in Rathdrum and a
brother, Con. Lane, IN Butte, to
mourn his untimely end. A large
circle of friends extend sympathy to
the bereayed family.
Deceased carried a policy OF $1,000
in the New York Life Company,