The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1904-09-09
TRAIN CRUSHES E. L. D. EDHELM
MANAGER FOR THE MARK CROSS
co. KILLED AT LARCHMONT.
Ran Across Tracks Directly in Front Of
an Approa ching LOcOmotive-Wit.
nesses Think He Intended TO XIII
H!msclf-Leayes widow and Young Son

LARcHMoNT, N. Y, Sept. ga well
dressed, middle aged man, who was after
ward identified as Erik Lars Didrik Edhelm,
general manager for the Mark Cross Conn
pany of London, the leather concern, with
branches In New York and Boston. was
run down here this evening by the b5o
local train bound from Stamford to Now
York and instantly killed.
The accident was witnessed by about
twenty-five persons. The fireman OF the
train says that just as they were slackening
speed to stop at Larchmont, Edhelm emerged
from a strip Of woods just east OF the sta
ton and walked to the middle OF the tracks,
where he waved his hands above his head
so as to say good-by and then plunged
directly in front OF the locomotive.
The fireman yelled to the engineer. ID.
Frost: stop quickl You are about to kill
man" The engineer applied the brakest
but it was too late.
The locomotive and entire train passed
over the body of the PROSTATE man and
manged 1t horribly. The head and body
were split entirely in two and one Of the
legs was cut off, The body was picked
up by the train crew and commuters and
carried to the Larchmont station and after
ward taken to Morgan brothers morgue
in New Rochelle.
The body was identified by Coroner
Wiesendanger, who searched the clothing
at the morgue. In the pockets the Coroner
found a Communication ticket and business
cards bearing the name OF Mr.. Edhelm.
The man wore a gun metal watch with
white leather fob, to which was fastened .
Larchmont Yacht Club pin.
Mr.. Edhelm may have met his death by
accident, as some persons are in the habit
of crossing the tracks at the place at which
he was run down in order to save time.
The engineer, fireman and station ems
ployees Of the New Haven road however.
are positive that his death was Intentional
They say that he must have seen the train
coming, and there was plenty OF time for
him to get out OF the way II he desired
to do so.
Instead OF making an effort to escape.
they say, he walked on the tracks, faced
the locomotive and then after waving his
hands above his head deliberately lay
down just before the train struck him.
Coroner Wiesendanger learned tonight
that Mr.. and Mrs. Edhelm lived with Mrs.
Edhelm's father John r. Hail. a wealthy
resident and a member Of the Board OF
Trustees Of Iarchmont. He notified the
| family by telephone. Mr.. Hall was greatly
shocked when he received the message.
Besides young widow, the dead man
leaves q son only months old. Mrs.
Edhelm Is Frustrated with grief. They
had been married only two years.
Mr. Edhelm was we'll known in Larch-
mont. He had been member Of the Larch-
mont Yacht Club for several years and
both he and his wife had entertained fire.
quently among the society people here.
Besides belonging to the Larchmont
Yacht Club, Mr.. Edhelm was a member OF
several New York clubs, including the
New York Athletic Club.
Mr. Hall, the dead mans father-in-law,
visited the morgue to-night and positively
identified the body. He said that he knew
Of no reason why his son-in-law should have
committed suicide He said that Mr..
Edhelm was at the yacht club this afternoon
and went over to the station with party
of friends to see them off to New York on
the 5:2s train.
Mr.. Edhelm was "a years old and was
native OF Christiania, Sweden. He had been
in this country twenty years. He had
lived in Larchmont for the past three years.
Coroner Wiesendanger will hold the In
quest on Saturday morning at $50 o'clock
at the New Rochelle police station. The
Coroner said tonight that from what he
had learned of the accident Mr.. Edhelm
undoubtedly committed suicide.