, 1903-03-20
MASHED AND BODY FOUND IN
COAL ON TANK OF FREIGHT
ENGINE At TUNNEL.
Man Supposed to Be J. M. Beatty OF
Mankato, Minnesota, Found Un-
conscious and Bleeding by Fire
man Daily at I O'Clock This Morn
ing and Died Before Reaching
City.

drawing train No. 81, en- route from
Cheyenne to Laramie, supposedly by
a timber about three or four feet long,
four inches thick and twelve inches
| wide, which fell from the roof of the
tunnel as the train went through.
The engine crew consisted of En-
gineer Davis and Fireman w. s.
Daily. The train left Cheyenne at 10
o'clock last night, and before it pulled
out of the yard a man approached
Fireman Daily and asked that he be
allowed to ride to Laramie, agreeing
to assist in the firing of the engine.
Mr.. Daily referred him to Mr.. Davis,
and the latter refused permission, tell
ing the mar he would have to leave
the engine, as he was not allowed to
ride there. The nan left and the II
ginemen saw nothing more of him Mr..
Daily said he was not sure that the
man killed was the one who had asked
to be allowed to ride to this city.
The fireman was at work shoveling
coal into the firebox when he discovered
Beatty's body lying head down in the
coal pit of the tender, the head almost
at the gate of the pit. He said to a
brakeman who was riding on the n
CINE, MY God, here's a dead man."
Daily lifted up the mans head. when
the blood gushed from a wound he be-
lieved to be lei the top Of the head.
The man was still breathing when he
lifted his head, and the three trainmen
der. beside the coal pit, where they
placed the body, but Beatty died be-
fore they had gone very far without
uttering a word.
The train arrived here at O'clock
this morning, and the body of the man
was taken to the yardmaster's Office,
later being turned over to the under
taker, Mr.. Stryker, in whose rooms
the coroner's jury. consisting Of r. E.
Fitch. Colonel Stanton and ]. X.
Johnson, viewed it. The inquest was
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publican building.
Mr.. Davis testified about the same
as Mr.. Daily. The first he saw of the
man was when Daily called his atten-
ton to the body lying on the coal in
the pit. He helped place the mans
body on the side of the water tank
and placed his cap under his head. He
then brought the train to town.
Mr.. Daily said that the piece of
timber had fallen into the tank and
had worked its way down to the front.
the side of the tank. Later the dis
p%atchers here asked the section men
to find this timber and have it sent
to Laramie.
From papers found in the dead
mans pockets, 1t Is believed his par
ents live at Mankato, and that his
father is a quarryman. Two letters
from his mother were found. They
were written in February, 1902, more
than a year ago, the father at that
time being at Iuka, Miss. A picture Of
a young lady was found, the back Of
the caro- bearing the following:
Merry Xmas. Laura"
A permit from local No. "a. Bridge
and Structural Iron Workers, OF Den
yer. permitting the bearer to work un-
til December 81, 1902, and a working
card Of the same local, bearing the
name G.. w. Souers or Louers, were
also found in his pockets.
Beatty was about 35 years old, not
a d%issipated looking man, and was
tolerably we'll dressed. A recommen-
18th, and signed by r. E. Price, fore.
man of the erecting department Of the
American Bridge company. saying
that Beatty had been employed in
erecting a large tank at Fort Rus
sell. was also found among the papers
in the mans pockets. Mr.. Price stated
that Beatty was a good workman
equally as skilled in wood work as in
iron. He also informed the local rail
road officers that he believed the dead
mans parents reside at Mankato
MINI.
The inquest was suspended until the
arrival Of train No. 3 from the east
this afternoon, hat the jury might
examine the piece Of timber thrown
over the side Of the tender, and which
Messrs. Davis and Daily believed to
have fallen from the roof Of the tun'
mel and struck Beatty on the head.