Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-01-01
At 0IIUANA
Daniel Madden, Until Recently a
Resident Of Marshalftown,
Meets Sudden Death.
Crushed By a Fall ofEarth While
Employed With Steam
Shovel Crew.
T,.,n ro.m.. W;x.. R..;do Hero
Two Former Wives Reside Here
and Remains to Be Inferred
In Riverside.

A telegram received in the city late
Tuesday afternoon by Mr.. and Mrs. j.
IS. West, of 6O3 West Boone street, an
nounced the accidental killing Of Daniel
at a point known as Agency Hill, be-
tween Cttumwa and Eddyville,t on the
c., b. & Q. railway, where he was en-
ployed by a contracting firm on a steam
shovel. The accident that caused Mr..
Madden's death was the caying in Of a
large quantity of earth. which complete
ly buried him. The word was sent to
Mr.. n Mrs. West because of the fact
that Mr.. Madden was a former husband
OF Mrs. West. and they had a daughter,
Jessie Madden. aged II years, who lives
with her mother.
The Ottumwa Courier Of Tuesday
evening has the following to say of the
death and the inquest, which was held
in that city:
Coroner David Throne is holding an
inquest this afternoon over the remains
of Daniel Madden, the laborer who was
accidentally killed yesterday by a fall
CT earth at Boedkers & Co.'s steam shovel
Just east Of the city. Evidence of the
men employed with Madden, together
heard, and at the time of going to press
the evidence nae not all been introduced.
The cause of death was from being
crushed by falling earth.
The evidence brought out the fact
that Madden's home. was in Marshall
town, is announced in yesterdays
Courier, and hat he has been married
twice. It developed that he had been
Earted from his first wife and that his
second wife was supporting herself and
child by cooking. Little was known of
Madden beyond this by his fellow labor
ers.
ut appeared from the testimony In
troduced that had Madden obeyed the
orders Of his employers he would not
have been killed. It appears that he
was on the wrong side of the steam
shovel, and that a large fall of frozen
earth caught him, pinning him to an
iron rod and necessitating' the digging
uut of the earth below him in order to
release his body. The accident happened
shortly before IL o'clock. Madden was
removed from the place where he was
caught to the camp, where the men took
care of him until DIR. Williams arrived
on the spot. The physician reached the
camp about / o'clock and he at once saw
that Madden was seriously injured and
ordered him removed to the hospital.
Accordingly members of the camp
brought him to the Ottumwa institu-
ton, where he died a few moments after
his arrival
Yesterday evening Madden's body
was removed to McIntire & Sullivan's
undertaking parlors, where it now re-
mains awaiting burial. Mr.. Sullivan
had communication with Madden's wife
this morning, asking her what disposi-
ton should be made of the remains, and
she told him she vas too poor to a k
them. An effort Is now being made to
locate the first wife and see if h will
care for the body.
"If neither of the women are abl to
give the body burial, Mr.. Boedker, one
CT the members Of the firm for which
Madden worked, announced this after
noon that his company would see that
the remains were given proper burial.
Father Foley. of the Sacred Heart
church, administered the last rites of the
Catholic church to Madden shortly be-
fore his death, and If the contractors
bury the body the funeral will be held
tomorrow, conducted by Father Foley.
Interment will probably be in Calvary
cemetery.
"At a late hour this afternoon the
c~oroner's jury returned a verdict to the
effect that the deceased came to his
death thru accident for which no n Is
held responsible. No blame Is attached
to the mans employers"
Mr.. Madden was 40 years of age and
resided in this city for a number OF
years, up to last spring. For some time
he was employed on railway contract
work by C. G. Gilman, but the last work
he did here was for J. c. Dunn. Mad
denis second wife, Mrs. Bessie Madden,
resides in this city. but the couple have
not been living together for some time.
The remains are expected to arrive IN
the city Thursday morning at $40 on
the Iowa Central, and the funeral Will
be held from the West home, SOB West
Boone street, at Q o'clock Thursday
afternoon, conducted by Rev. F. w.
Parsons, of the First Baptist church.
NEW YEARS DAY QUIET.