The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1892-1907, 1905-04-29
GRUSHEDUNDER CAR WHEELS
ANOTHER NAN DROPS DEAD
Remains Of Two Of DEATHS virtims Lie
Side by Side In the Nsrgae-Tragie
End % Tive uhknown AGeR- -Ieenains
Buried in Post Cemetery.

James Payne, an employee OF the
Interstate Telephone company, drop
ped dead near the livery barn on
Second street, Monday evening. Not
much Is known OF him ia this vicln-
ity, although be bad been working
for the telephone company la the
construction department for several
months. He was single and about
40 years Of age and had started to
the barn for water, carrying a small
child la bis arms. He suddenly put
the child down aud fell over dead.
Those who knew him say hat be
complained At times Of heart trouble
and this IL thought 70 be the cause Of
death. The remains were taken 10
T. Z. HsdaI's undertaking establish
ment and kept until Wednesday
awaiting Instructions from a brother
living In the vicinity Of IndeDend-
snee. Kansas. kilograms were sent
70 him and be Instructed the under
takeF 20 bury the remains here. send.
ing bin % expense for payment.
inteEment took place at the post
cemetery.
HIs READ DEcAPTTATED.
Wednesday morning about one
o'clock logging ear on the loading
dock q the Occur d'Alene Spokane
Railway company. struck = man lying
on the track and the wheels passed
over his neck, almost severing the
head from the body. This man was
also a stranger and very little is
known Of his antecedenta. The night
crew were loading legs and Is had
been the custom, when q car 10 loaded
u is started down the track, which
has q slight incline toward the shore.
Sith man IN charge 70 regulate the
speed aud nee that q does not strike
the other cars with too much force.
This man discovered that the car
struck something and an investiRa-
iion developed the fact that II had
passed over the body Of man lying
with his bead over the rail In such a
manner that the wheels passed over
the neck, manRling that part OF the
body In q horrible manner. Assist.
ance Waa called and the remains we're
cared for until daylight, when they
we're taken 10 Hedal's.
A ssarch Of the NAME clothing
resulted In finding . letter from
sister living At COllingswood, Ontario,
addressed 10 James Bckert and this is
supposed TO b. tlse name OF the dead
man. The letter also mentioned
brother living At Salt Lake City.
There was nothing elsa about the re-
mains 10 identify the man and but
I've cents was found in his clothing.
Several persons who had seen him
during the previous day recognized
the remains and one man said that In
= conversation the deceased had told
him be came from Spokane that day
and he gave the party the grip Of the
Modern Woodmen. but nothing 10
identity him with the order was
discovered. The letter from the
sister was signed Bessie Deacon and
mentioned another sister. The re.
mains were buried la the post Gene
terry Thursday, an inquest not
thought necessary. The man had
evidently been drinking, az a bottle
Of liquor was found near the body
aud he had evidently been 10 the
lake, as his shoes and clothing were
wet.
Two theories are advanced to &C.
count for the tragedy, one being that
the man had been drinking and be.
coming respondent had taken that
method Of ending bis life. The other
is that he was stupefled from drink
and laid down on the track without
realizing his danger. He was a man
about l6 years of age, judging from
appearance.
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