The Arizona sentinel., 1906-09-26
FILL 10 Ills DEATH
 UNDER CAR WHEELS
Terrible Fate of Conductor Isaac P:
 Godfrey at Mohawk.

Not often have the people Sf Yuma heen shocked as was the case last Sat urday night when telegram was re- ceived from Superintendent McGovern stating that Isaac P. Godfrey had been run over by a train at Mohawk Summit and had both legs cut off above the knee. The dispatch was to Dr. Ketch- erside, who was instructed to take the first train out of Yuma and meet the freight train on which the young man was being brought 10 town, and to do all that wls possible for him.
 The grief stricken parents and sister of he injured man accompanied Drs. Ketcherside on the second section Of No. 10 snd the freight train was met at Dome, but death had already relieved the boy of his suffering.
 The story of the trainmen as to how the accident occurred, is in effect as follows;
 Gedfrey's train, which was west bound, was cut into three sections at the foot of the steep grade just this side of Mohawk Summit. The first section having been taken up the hill, Conductor Godfrey went up with the second section, which was backed onto tbe switch. From this point we give the s.ory of Rear Brakeman McMlllan, as tod at the coroner's inquest,
 Godfrey instructed me to nncouple the engine, and said he would ride the rear end in. l proceeded to do as di- fected and climbed to the top of the train. I then first heard the call for help but did not recognize the voice or hear what was said; but when the cars stopped I heard Godfrey calling me and saying: For Gods sake come down here, 1 am all cut to pieces. 1 reached the ground as quick as 1 could Conductor Godfrey under she train with both feet cut off above the ankles and his legs crushed into 8 shapeless mass. He asked me to bind up his limbs to prevent him from bleeding to death, and this I was trying to do when w. B. Myers, a bridge carpenter, and En- gfneer Huddleston came up. We started to carry him toward the sta tion. but he complained SO of the pain that we laid him down while Myers went after a stretcher.
 Brakeman McMillan testified that Godfrey explained the cause of the ac- cident by saying that he had tried to climb on top. of the train ''and the hand=hold broke" Several other witt nesses corroborated this, but the en- gineer testified that, in response to a query. Godfrey had said that he miss ed the hand-hold, or there was none '"
 The coroner's jury, after nearly two days investigation, rendered verdict to the effect that Isaac F. Godfrey came to his death on account of de- fective hand holC' en top ff the car, which caused him 50 fall between and ander the cars, while in the discharge of his duty as an cmploye of the South ern Pacific Railroad Company.
 Isaac P. Godfrey was 25 years old and one cf the youngest conductors on the road. He was the son of Capt and Mrs. ]. H. Godfrey and was born in Yuma where he had lived all his life. He was well liked and respected by all who knew him.
 The funeral took pl&ce from the fam- fly residence of Capt, Godfrey on Madi- son avenue at 3 o'clock Monday after- noon, and was very largely attended. Services were held at Che Catholic church. The remains were inferred in Yuma cemetery.