The daily silver state. [volume] (Winnemucca, Nev.) 1903-1907, 1904-08-01
MET WITH HORRIBLE
DEATH
Well Known Express Messea-
ger Killed at Reno Sat-
urday Night

Two hasty steps taken in the railroad
yrads of Reno Saturday evening shortly
after o'clock sent Louis Oates, a we'll
known and popular you:.s express mes
senger. from Life. happiness, friends ana
relatives into eternity. He was struck bs
the inc ming eastbound flyer. and five
minutes later his mangled body, cold In
death and an unrecognizable mass of
bones, blood and flesh, was taken from
beneath one of the caches, says the
Journal
The CHASTITY accident was witnessed b.
at least 100 persons who were at the depot
awaiting the departure of No. 13 and the
arrival of the fast train from the west.
No. 10 was on the far siding Oates. to
accommodate the messenger in the ex-
press car was assisting in arranging the
expiess car matter. While ing so the
train started. He bade the messenger
a hasty goodbye, leaped from the
and started to run across the track In
front of the incoming flyer. The next
moment he was struck with terrific force
but instead of falling at the side Of the
track he landed in the path of the pom
another passed over the young man unE
finally the train stopped. The crowd
hastened TO search for the remains, find
ing the body between the rails beneath
the middle coach of the train. The face
was terribly cut and mangled. the bods
was torn assunder. while the right leg
foot. The clothing, too. was almost tori.
from the body.
At nrst no one knew who the unfortu-
nate man was. Then some one in the
crowd recognized the mangled remains as
those of Lei Oates Tom Biggin. the
depot agent. who Is also deputy sheriff
was ng the first to arrive on the
scene. He helped extficate the bods
from beneath the wheels and with the ala
of a crowd of excited railroad men too.
the body to the express office. 1t was
laid out on hastily arranged bier ana
sheet thrown ever 1t to hide the hldeo1s
effects caused by the death-dealing
wheels. Later the young mans relatives
who reside at oroville. were telegraphed
for and Perkins & Oliver took charge OF
the body An inquest will probably be
held by Coroner Updike tomorr. W.
WIN O'Neill, a draughtsman In the en-
ploy of Rice & Company at Sparks. was
among those who witnessed the accident.
He was standing near the point where
the engine struck the young man.
almost before | c uld realize what
had happened" said One last evening
coates was in front of the train. The
next instant 1t struck him and i closed
my eyes to shut out the terrible ssene
that must have followed. A woman
diessed In black came near sing her
life at the same time She was standing
close to me at the time, and seeing that
the train was about to strike Oates she
sprang as II to rescue him. Fortunately
ioA hSi a. hitH N~S StaHulhS near ana Hc
had presence of mind enough TO go to
her aid and throw her from In front of
the on-coming train. That she was not
killed seems almost a miracle. She dis
appeared Immediately af,er the accident.
! do not know her name"
Julius Parry. a son of r. W. Parry,
also witnessed the accident. He confirms
the story given by Mr.. ONel.
+. ii. Alleman, alsJ a messenger was
just in front of Oates when the lat ,er
lost his life. Mr.. Alleman was In the
car with Oates when No. 10 started. lie
sprang out just ahead and himself bare
ly missed being struck by the train. He
did not realize that his companion had
been killed until the train came TO a
stop. Then he rushed up to help iden-
tify the remains of his dead companion.
Deceased came to Reno about two
years ago. His run was between this
city and Ogden. He was a jovial young
man. popular not only with his fellow
employees. but with every one with whom
he came In contact.
his home is at Orovile His mother,
father, brothers and sisters reside there.
He was a single man and about "A years
of age