The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1906-07-11
Man IS KILLED
At SALTA|R
C. St. Clair Falls in Front of
Train Switching Near
Pier Landing.
COMPANION is UNINJURED
MEN WERE WALKING ALONG
TRACK TOWARD SALT WORKS.

Colin St Clair, a laborer.i was killed
near the Saltair pavilion about II o'clock
last evening by being run over by a
switching train. Death was instantaneous.
The mans scalp was laid open in dozen
places, both arms and his neck were bro
ken and his whole body cut and bruised.
ST. Clair was dragged for some distance.
His coat was torn into shreds at the ell
bow and his trousers ripped at the knee,
The II o'clock train was backing into
the pavilion after switching on the y.
about half mile from the landing at the
resort st. Clair and a companion, Charles
Richardson were walking along the track
towards the city from the pavilion. AS
both men have been working at the salt
works near the resort il is thought they
were going to a boarding house near the
factory. Richardson and St. Clair had
been drinking heavily.
Companion Half Crazed.
When the train was a short distance
from the pier both men saw the train APP
preaching. Richardson jumped from the
track, but ST. Clair, becoming excited,
threw himself in front of the car as il
came upon him. A brakeman signaled
the engineer and the train was stopped.
The corpse was placed on the train.
Richardson, seeing his dead companion
lifted from beneath the car wheels. be-
came half crazed. He was held by train
men until Deputy Sheriff Claude Russell
reached the resort Richardson continued
raving and moaning during the trip &c
the city and until a late hour last night
He was locked in the county jail upon q
charge OF drunkenness. He could throw
no light upon the accident owing TO his
condition.
St Glars body was taken to Evans
undertaking establishment on State street
where an examination showed he had sus-
tanned terrible injuries. The right cal
was torn almost from the head. the enc
Of the nose was torn off, both arms were
crushed above the wrists, the neck was
broken and a deep cash inflicted below
the chin. The scalp was laid open in sew
eral places and the skull was fractured
Justice of the Peace Dana T. Smith con
Quoted the examination. The fingers OF
both hands were stripped of flesh anC
the legs bruised. Any one of the injuries
on the head would have been fatal
Identification Not Complete.
ST. Clair was Scotchman and abou
80 years old. He was 5 feet inches tai
and weighed about 175 pounds. No pins
emblems were found upon him to SHOW
he was member of any fraternal order
He has been employed at the salt works
for some time past When his clothe!
were searched at the mOTgue 10 cents were
found in his pockets. tobacco pouch
a pipe. cigars and other trifles were dis
tributed through his clothes. There wa
nothing on the body to show where h
came from or where any relatives, II h
has any live. A sale-tieket issued by tn,
West Mail order house of I9 West Soutl
Temple showed that he had purchased
pair of oVeralls and a shirt June 26
Copies of Il Love Her Just the Same
and she is More TO Be Pitied Than Cen
sured," were the only other papers foun'
in his clothes.
The man was dressed in a gray suit
button shoes, but wore no underclothes
A pair of half hose and necktie Wer
found in coat pocket. An inquest wa
not thought necessary. The body will b.
held at the mOrgue while efforts are be
inng made TO find relatives. AS the trail
was being backed into the pavilion, tn
engineer or fireman could not see the mel
walking toward the rear end of the train