Arizona republican., 1906-01-04

the woman killed at the M. & P. de- pot by the Maricopa train Tuesday evening concluded it's investigation and made a report yesterday morn ing. The jury was composed of the following men: Tom Argue, G. A. Goodwin, G. R. Finch, M. G. Hill, sam Brown and Frank Burgess. The jury found that the woamn came to her death by throwing herself in front of the engine with suicidal intent and the railroad was exonerated from all blame. A number of witnesses were examined, among them Conductor Sparks, Assistant Agent Benniee, Gar field Goodwin and others who were at the depot at the time.
 MT. Bennitt was the one who first saw the woman as the engine struck her. With two or three others he was standing in front of the depot wait ing for the train and noticed her walk down the track about one hundred and fifty feet north of the depot. At that point she placed her suit case on the ground and the men noticed that it was very near the track. MT. Ben nitt says that just before the train reached the station he hurriedly start tu lOWdIuS I4eI lO nave Ter remove the suit case He saw her reach down for it when the engine was but a few yards distant and before ne could reach her side she deliberately threw herself across the track. The train was not going fast but it was impossible to stop it, and the engine, coach and first truck of the baggage car passed over her body, across her chest, all most severing the body in two. While the train was yet in motion. Mir Ben nitt grabbed her by the feet and pull ed her from under the car before the last wheels of the baggage car reach ed her. When the engine struck her she made no outcry and after being removed from the track hardly gasped two or three times before death.
 Before train time she purchased a 1 ticket as far as Maricopa and enough money was found in her purse to make | a total of five dollars and five cents apparently all she had when reaching | the depot. In the mind of the jury | this strengthened the suicide theory
 It is thought that the deed was pre-
 meditated; that she had planned to do away with herself either here or at | Maricopa, for she had not enough
 money to take her much farther.
 At the time of the accident little could be learned regarding the victim
 but it was said that her name was | Mrs. Morgan. It was learned positive | ly yesterday that was an error Par
 ties here in Tempe know her parents
 or did know them in her former home
 in Texas, and they say her name is
 Miss Minnie E. Harrington, that she
 was A years of age and unmarried.
 Not quite two months ago she ar
 rived here with her little boy, then Q
 child about four months old. She was
 almost destitute, in fact she had buI
 a single dollar. A kind hearted lady here in town, learning of ler condi-
 tion, took here home where she as
 sisted in the house work until. last
 week when she went to work for Mrs z. J. Aldridee. MT. and Mrs Al dridge are rooming at the McVey
 house. and she stayed with them UT
 to the night of her death. MT. Al. dridge ridicules the suicide theory ant
 says that her death was purely ar accident While at his home she was
 always in good spirits and so far a:
 he could see, never for a moment
 contemplated suicide. Moreover, real
 izing that she had never had her owr
 way to make in the world and would be hindered by the care of her child