The Hawaiian gazette., 1904-02-12
GROUND
BY WHEELS
Mangled Remains
Found on the
Track.

In the Henry Williams undertaking
| parlors lies mangled mass of flesh and
bones-bones chewed into fragments
and flesh crushed into pulp. It was
brought to the undertaking rooms late
last night, tied up like bundle Of
washing in a blanket. The grewsome
thing Is what remains of a man who
met frightful death on the railway
embankment between Iwilei and Ka-
lihi camp. For about two hundred
and sixty feet the train is supposed to
have carried the mans body along.
dropping pieces of bone, flesh and
clothing at every pace or two
The unknown Is supposed to have
beer killed by the seven-thirty train
from Pearl City last evening. 1t is
supposed that he was walking out on
the railway track to the Kalihi camp
and that he was intoxicated when he
met the train. The engineer Of the
train could not have known of the
frightful accident for he drove his
cars straight into town and made no
| stop until the railway station was
| reached
About eight o'clock John Brooks, a
native boy, and two companions were
walking along the embankment.
Brooks says that he was on his way
to the Kalihi camp to see his grand
mother. The boys noticed something
white between the tracks. They light
ed match, and saw that the white OBJ
tect seen was a part of the clothing Of
mangled corpse They at once came
into town and told the police. Deputy
Sheriff Chilingworth, officer Renear,
Undertaken Williams, and others went
to the scene at once. What was left
intact Of the body lay between the
rails. The skull had been broken open
and was empty. The lower portions
of the arms had been pulled OFF. The
legs had been chopped In two at the
knees and fearfully mangled. Shoes
had been torn from the feet but a pair
of black stockings. striped with red
yarn We're still on and the feet them
selves were but little bruised. Then,
for a distance of two hundred and
pieces of flesh and bones. In one place
n portion of the skull was found. In
another place were suspenders and
portions of clothes, and farthest
towards Kalhi was found hat The
IeIHulIS were DuHuleQ lntO II DlunheI
and sent into town.
Undertaken Williams In examining
the trunk of the body between the rails
stated that he found the trousers
pockets turned inside out, indicating
that perhaps the body had been rob-'
bed after the accident.
It may be difficult to identify the
deceased. He certainly cannot be
identified by viewing the remains but
may be by examining the shreds OF
clothing left. The man wore light
colored felt hat, with band consisting
of a shell lei. His trousers and coat
were both of black material. and his
shirt was of white linen.
Deputy Sheriff Fernandez, of Eva.
who came into Honolulu on the 7:30
train, said that the train made no stop
at the place where the mans body was
found
An inquest over the remains will be
held by the Coroner this morning.
WAS THERE FOUL PLAY?
Late last night persons acquainted
with the circumstances of the railway
accident advanced the theory that the
unknown met his death by foul means.
L ney point 10 Tie luct tildt MS pocheto
were turned inside out as if he had
been robbed before being murdered
and that he was dragged along the
center of the track for such a long dis
lance. They hold the theory that the
stranger was first attacked and stun
ned, robbed and then thrown in front
IF the fast approaching train. Had
The man been standin when the en-
CINE struck him his body would prob
ably have been thrown free Of the
rack but II he were lying down on the
rack the engine would have passed
,ver him and some of the machinery
picked him up and crushed him on the
ails and rocky road bed as the train
raveled along.
The dead man, n native had heavy
,rowth of black hair, a thick, stubby
nustache and appears to have been
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