Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1902-06-10
BODY CUT TO PIECES
]. /. Ma'tingIy Falls Under
locomotive in Cotton
Belt Yards.
ufAp AND ARM COMPLETELY
SEVERED FROM THE
EODY.
ii, Ion4e at Weiner, Ark, Where a
wife and Mother Are Only Sur
vivine Relatives.
GAME HERE TO SECURE WORK

yames L. Mattingly. of Weiner. Ark.
met with a horrible death about 10
O'clock last night. III the Cotton Bet
wards in the Eastern part of the eltN.
n an unknown manner he fell unieH
moving switch engine to which seN
eral ears We're attached and death re-
sulted instantly His head and one
arm were completely severed from the
bodv. The details of the fatal acci-
dent are too horrible for exa xa9geration.
! When the remains were first found
! the severed head and arm We're lying
inside the track and the body on the
outside. several feet away.
At the time OF the aecilent Mat
tingly and a friend Z. H Thomas. Of
Weiner. ve,e in the yards, preparing
to catch a train Which world take
them to Weiner II d point about
block end a half be.0a ;ae Lambert
hotel Maringl.. Left Thomas. sayins
he vas going 4 &C. a drink of watess
On switch engine number SO.
Thomas then went down III the yards
to find a convenient car to rice back
to Weiner in That vas tie last ti,e2
he saw his friend alive. Ia a few nit
utes he heard a sWitchr1dn telling
some one thai man had been killed.
He hurried up to the engine AMI
found his friend dead. and several peo=
pie standing around
There We're no witnesses to the
accident b01 the presumption is that
in attempting to jump ca the rear OF
OF the engine. which at the time was
packing up towards the city. he fell
under the eEgine. The engine crew
Were engaged in weighing ears on No.
switch, ana had ten cars attached
10 the engine The fireman and enSi
Aeef. Messrs. Glen Thomas and Fred
"appe, had no knowledge of running
over the H1aI Entil the remains were
found
John CrHmley. a car inspector, was
the hfst u discover the remains. and
0eo Me1zger. another inspector. was
next Presently they We're Joined by
=. Z. Cutfeli. car inspector. and F. H.
ihomas. the deceased's S companion.
Shortly alter the remains were DIS
covered, the coroner was summoned
sha the deceased was taken to Ralph
nooihsons undertaking establishment. |
lhls morning at S:30 o'clock Coroner
MeGaushy held an inquest over the r..
mains The witnesses before the III
4oest We're John Crumley, G. z. Cut
I'll "eo. Metzger, car repaileis:
N'eln Ihoms aaG Fred WapD,e, engine |
crew; Fred Lambert. clerk at Lam
pe'' motel. and F. II. Thomas. friend |
'i eae deeeased.A1l the testimony tend
W u Show the cause of the death of
-sa'il1sly to be purely accidental.
'nu tf'e verdict OF the Jury was render
~ accordingly, setting for that the dc,
N,oseo came OF his death by acciJl..t- |
- A'Ilihs, supposed to have been done
=, ~ lien engine 933,.n TIE yards OF tie
- io93S Southwestern Railway con
- ,sis, At Fine Bluff, on JU1e 8 &bou,
10 p. m.
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- 49, i i1#15 Fa9ds H aid tfat Nat-
80 q &5s laeIate1 Of edge No. ;. :
~ ". at einer. and operated
M pe9i tabie saese. re W. in god
f;sss4ias ;as with tie order ara had sl.e55
~ = WI ara mother at Weinen ase
aT sEFTiYi3s relatives.
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- Y 9. :.21s.E vi, l1aye @lla2e4 of t,sq
,,;,, MIR. ..ll .s,.ssss1 a1l the ren1ains
r'a... WI. be sent to We::s2er Tor 5nte.-