Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1905-07-17
Nelson Reynolds, a Transfers,
Meets Death Through Alleged
Careless Switching.
CASE IS BEING INVESTIGATED
was working On Car Whcn Others
Kan Into II With Terrific Force
Son Witnessed H.

1t IN possible that criminal prosoc,l.
toh may follow the death Of Nelson
reynolds, u tcamslel, who was Killed
III the Rio dr0ndc switching yards yes.
tefday noon Acting Coroner Dana Y,
smith and Asst Prosecuting Attorney
wizard Hanson were AT work on the
case al this morning collecting cyl.
dcnco, ana this afternoon have sum.
monol jury and many Witnesses 10
hold complete investigation 1t liz
olloS'i that crlmmally careless lying
switch caused the accident. ana If lhls
view N borne out by an examination
OF hll inc lucW Mr. Hanson states that
'llinlnal proceedings may follow,
HOW IT HAPPENED,
The death Of Nh Reynolds happened
N most pnlnful manner n which d
seems that the responsibility must rest
ON me MAIN crow IN charge Of switch.
ing At Inc yards, Immediately after th 3
hccld lnt the officers took charge and
prohibited tho train Grow from chnns.
ing ne poslllon Of any Of the ears or
removing the body of the dead man
mtIl u could be examined. INC cav
on which hr WAS working when tho
STRING Of ears hunted into II, wps
lllNo1 10 feet by actual measurement
down the track, while OF the cars which
were hunted into II, one ana most VT
dnolher ono passed. oNor and mHnglol
the body uf Mr. Reynolds when tho
cars stopped the rear wheels ~ the
scroni car held the body fast TO tho
rails,
The occdcnt was witnessed by Now.
ton Reynolds, the lG,ycar.nld son NJ
Mr. Reynolds who Wap helping him IN
his Work on the car Ito too waN thrown
10 the ground, bu, fortunately not un.
dor tho wheels OF the following cars
\ biz ftono witch they were llftlng m-
10 u wagon when the cars from the
0ylng hNltch struck lhom, was knocked
off the cArand fell to the ground, tho
ear ltsolf then going on down for i6
feet,
AZ young Reynolds father fell be-.
tween the car aud tho box cav stand.
Ing next go n, ho WAS hurled with him
downward but he caught ON the coup.
ling PIN, and then rolled on, outside
NJ the wheels, No sustained u scalp
wound aud u bruised arm but otherwise
was not hurt
When pcon by the HNews" today
Newton fell koony tho loss ~ his mths
or ana seemed Ia think that gross CHres
lorsncsg In making the lying switch
WIS responsible FOR e. Ilo stated that
No waning was given him ur his faith
en- OF the impending danger uH siN
hoNcars wcro standing next 10 tho fat
car on which they Wcrp WORKING, ANA
n was q string Of three rock cars that
Was shuntcd into those that did tho
ddmago The phock ~ Impact was ter.
rife, and drove Mr., REYNOLDS hoid
foremost agninW u heavy timber M the
end Of tho ear on which he was work.
ms, lie then with nix skull crushed,
ana unconscious, turned hair around
ana fcli down between the rock ear ana
the hoN ear next 20 H. llo did not
Allght on the rails, but IN Ms struggles
rolled over them tho four wheels of tho
nrW ear and the front two of the zee,
ond ear passing over him,
When thc ear stopped no was pinned
beneath tho rear wheels. Tho right log
and the right arm were crushed, and
nearly severed from tho body IN adIl,
ton 10 tho wound ON his head, which IN
ilself would probably have been fatal
VIEWED ny CORONER,
The police wcro notified at once ana
olieors Palmer and furstor hurried "a
me Pceno win the wagon They kopl
,ho crowd away untll the ARRIVAL Of
Acting Coroner Dana r. Smith aud
Assistant Prosecuting Attorney Willard
Hanson, After yIowing the remains and
taxing the names ~ the train crew the
oillccrs mad tho body removed 10 the
Undertaking parlors OF Jos, IT, Taylor,
whore II now lies
The train crewall Of whom have been
~ witnesses, consists OF H.
Anderson, engineer, Fireman Mike Dn.
~ aud sWltchman Mountford, They
were al relieved Immediately aftor
tho accident, ana a fresh crow took
charge ~ tho engine, Three other
TorNOnH who happened ~ be- near tho
place nnd Jaw tho accident, were also
summoned, With the train crow, M Wit.
nesHcF,
MAN OF GOOD HABITS,
Nelson Reynolds was u man OF eober
habits and great industry He was
married ana leaves n wife and two
children, fairly vel provided Tor, az
he had o $4,000 policy IN The Woodmrn
~ the World order, and owned the
homo In which his family II living at
5Sl v street lie was u brolhor,in.
law of w J Willos of the Wlllos.llorn
Drug company, he having married his
present wife about year ago, Tho
children, Newton aged ~, and Phyllis,
aged ., are from o FORMER marriage
FUNERAL TOMORROW,
The funeral services win be held 10.
morrow afternoon NJ $3.50 o'clock from
he undertaking pnrlors " jog, u, |
Taylor, The arrangements viii be IN |
charge Of The family, assisted by the |
local lodge ~ the Modern W0odmon |
u the World, u H. RothwolL consul |
" this order has issued n notice 10 |
Nh Woodmen, requesting them 10 be |
resent