Omaha daily bee., 1903-05-08
FRANK HILL KILLED BY CARS
Jumps Onto an Illinois Central Tran Il
Take a Short Ride
FALLS UNDER WHEELS AND IS CRUSHED
o~nIookers who See Him C~IinEtnE 90
Drake Beam MAKE Tutiic Effort
TO Attract Attention OF
Trninmcn

Frank mn. the t0,year-old grandson 81
clinton nm OF 1915 Avenue q. was crushed
to death under the wheels OF an Illinois
Central freight train yesterday morning
shortly before . o'clock.
The boy with two or three companions
OF about his own age was on his way TO
school at the North Eighth Street school.
At Avenue p and Thirteenth street an llli-
nois Central freight train was passing and
youns Hiil jumped on to take a ride.
As he VAS I'm the act OF climb
ing over the bumpers the train
started with a violent iurch and the boy
lost his footing lie managed to grasp the
brake beam and thus saved himself from
being at once thrown beneath the wheels.
In this p%crilous position he succeeded in
retaining his hold for several blocks, but
his strength finally gave out and he
dropped. the wheels crushing the life out
OF him and horribly mangling his body,
portions OF which were strewn along the
track. :
Several hystandcrs who noticed the per-
ilous position OF the boy ran alongside the
train and vRInly endeavorcd 20 attract the
attention OF the crew, but Il was not until
First avenue and Seventeenth street was
reached that the train was brought TO a
standstill, one arm and one leg were en-
tirely severed and the body was otherwise
mangled and crushed.
In the absence OF Coroner Treynor, Jus
tioe ouren ordered the body removed to
Cutters undertaking rooms. where an in
quest was held last evening.
The inquest developed the fact that
young HIN jumped on the train for the pur-
pose Of taking a ride for a block or two,
intending to rejoin his companions and
continue his way to school. The testimony
Of Earl James, one OF the lads companions.
was TO the eject that as the train passed
them at Avenue h, young Hin ran toward
II, calling out 20 the other boys that he
was going TO take a ride on the engine. He
slipped and fell, but got up and ran again
toward the train and jumped in between
two cars, That was the last his com
panions saw OF him.
How the boy got under the trucks could
not he explained E, Lewis, Albert Lewis,
q. X. Hardin and sam Cults. who were
standing talking on Broadway next the H.
ltnois Central tracks, testified that "a the
train was approaching Broadway they
heard a boy screaming. Snd as the train
passed them saw young mn olinsing 10 the
brake beam OF a car about the middle OF the
train, He was screaming and his feet drag
sing on the tics, Realizing the boys peril
Gus position they signaled to the brakeman
cn the rear car, but Il was some time be-
fore they could make him comprehend the
situation. The brakeman, they said, then
save the sisnal to stop the train, but was
not able At once to attract the attention Of
the engineer. The train stopped about 100
feet away from whore the body lay, They
all stated that the train was going too fast
tor them to attempt 70 catch the rear car.
tn crew OF the train all testified that
they failed to see the boy jump on the
train, They also testified that the train was
only running at about ave miles an hour.
The Jury, consisting ~ II, J. Pearlman,
Divide Wien and r. r Bryant, brought IN \
verdict 20 the effect that the hoy came to
his death by being run over by treight train
No, l5S Of the nlincis Central railroad.