The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1903-12-15
SAD DEATH OF LITTLE EBERT
Horribly Mangled BY Train He Could
Not Believe He Was Dying.
Especial to News and observer.)


Greensboro, N c., Dec. 14.-Saturday
afternoon, Ebert Aumon, aged ten years,
son of DR.. Aumon, of Liberty, was found
near that town lying beside the railroad
track literally cut to pieces. Both of his
arms were severed from his body, one be
ing cut in two in three places. Both legs
were also severed. Besides this there
were many bruises and two deep scalp
wounds Two physicians of Liberty at
once attended him, and Dr. Broadnax, the
railroad company's regular surgeon, went
from here to assist DR.. BroadnaX return
ed yesterday, saying the little fellow
lived only twelve hours He seemed per
fectly composed and was conscious all the
while, insisting when told that he would
die that he would not, and persisting in
this assurance until half an hour before
death He never told how the accident
occurred, although repeatedly asked to do
so. From all that could be learned it is
thought that he tried to climb up on a
car as the train was slowly ascending a
grade on the outskirts of Liberty and had
fallen under the wheels. He was seen on
the track, and none of the train crew or
Others on the train knew of his being
about the train.
Mr.. j. w. Beaman, superintendent Of
construction of the annex to the govern
ment building being enlarged here, who
had a stroke of paralysis Saturday night
died last night and his remains were
taken to his home in Washington City for
interment today He was fiftyslx years
old, native of Massachusetts, and left
aud al,tl ,LD rjpr
here.
Mrs. w. H. Marsh, of Carlisle, S. c.,
were here last night, and her remains
weer sent today to that place for burial
She was matron of boarding house at
Proximity.
w. Rudder, who was knocked off a high
embankment at a street crossing whise
asleep on the track Saturday afternoon by
a passing engine is at the city hospital
His condition is such that the attending
physicians think he will be out in a few
days.
Judge oliver H. Allen opened a two
weeks civil term of Guilford Superior
Court promptly at half past nine o'clock
this morning, and by ten o'clock a Jury
had been selected and the lawyers were
reading the pleadings in the case of Yves
ley Coble against d. r. Huffines, which
has been in court over five years and TO
the Supreme Court once. Huffines had
Coble indicted for cheating in a horse
trade Coble was acquitted by the jury,
and began a suit against Huffines for
81 900 damages for malicious prosecution.
The trial has been on all day in good earn
est Messrs. Scales, Taylor and Scales APP
pearing for the plaintiff and Messrs.
Brooks & Thompson for the defendant.
The calendar has been made out only I'M
til Tuesday of next week, the balance of
the week being lost on account OF Christ
mas.
Chief of Police Scott, who left here last
week for Harrisburg, Pa, with requisl-
ton for William Ingram, charged with
murder. has written. saying that he found
Ingram to be the right man, but the gov
ernor of Pennsylvania was out OF the city
and would not return until today, when
he presumed the requisition of Governor
Ayccok would be honored, and he would
start home He wrote that he called by
Emporia Va, to view the suspect arrested
there for Green McAdoo, but it was not
the right man.