Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1905-10-23
MAN MANGLED BY
SANTA FE TRAIN
rs IVAN CHANz
Identified As Body of Ber'
naIiIIO RanChman.
C0R0NER'S JURY FINDS DEATH
WAS CAUSED BY CARS

by people who belieyM him to be a
relative, and as wany times denied
after more ca%fT examination, and
after a coronefYiury had passed upon
the body as tn at of an unknown man,
the remains the man cut to pieces
by train intthe Santa Fe yards yes
terday morning, were last night finally
and positively Identified as those of
Ivan Chavez, a ranch man Of Berna-
| lilo, who has relatives in Albuquerque
and who had been here for several
days.
While the dead mans body was
| horribly mangled by The cars, his face
| escaped injury and all day a stream
| Of people We're pouring through the
| Borders undertaking parlors, where
the body lay, looking to see If the face
might be that of a friend or relative.
Early I'm the day daughter of Pablo
Diaz, Of Barelas, passed into the
morgue, took one look at the face and
Tainted. When revived she expressed
the belief that the body was that of
her father. A little later, however,
other relatives arrived, and although
Ithey declared the resemblance remar-
/
of DiaZ. Later in the day it was
found that Diaz had gone to san Mar
cial Saturday night and was alive and
we'll one other man from Barelas a
first glance claimed the body rs that
his brother. but later found his mis-
take.
When the coroner's jury was called
by Justice George Craig, At IL O'Clock,
lrhe jury was called to pass upon the
manner Of death of an unknown man.
No one was found who could tell Just
when the man was run over, and It ~
believed to have been done by string
OF freight cars being handled by the
might yard crew in the lower yards
the body being rolled along by inc
Icars. the engine not passing over H.
1.-The Jury adjourned until four o'clock
lin the afternoon. hoping that the man
might be identified, but at that tlme
lhis name remained unknown and the
iurv returned the following verdict:
I'VE. the undersigned justice of the
peace and Jury. who sat upon the IN
Iouest held this 22ud day of October,
ll9O5. on the body Of a person whose
name is unknown found In precinct
No. 26 of the county Of Bernalllo. ma
that the deceased came TO his death
bv reason of being run over by a tram
of cars in the yards of the Santa Fc
railroad.
GEORGE r. CRAIG, ]. p.
h. RUPEE, Foreman.
w. II. MODLGN,
j. w. WEIR,
G. l.. MARTIN.
W. f. ROGERS,
/, NJ. ID. ROACH.
Soon after the jury had returned lt'
finding Louis Goodman, employed III
I The santa Fe freight house viewed
. the body and at once announced u "
he that of his brother-in-law, ivan
r chavez of Bernalillo. The dead man
I sister also viewed the body and con
p drmed the statement Of his Identity y
G telegram was sent by Bernalllln a.
: once nv MT Borders to the dead man
d wife who arrived last night and com
- nleted the identification. The renaih'
= lwil be taken to Bernalillo for inter-
Y lment ,..-..-..,. so,,,
y ldavs ago and had been drinking t'
! some extent. according TO the peopi'
{, ,ybo know him. The only theory y
That he had taken more than he coui'
stand and dropped TO sleep IN th'
Yards across the track or had lalie'
io see the cars coming down on MN
He owned a small farm near BERN!
2 lilo and was well thought OF by III
L neighbors.