The Columbus dispatch. (Columbus, Miss.) 1905-1908, 1906-06-07
KILLED BY A TRAIN.
MR.. HARRY USSERY. POPULAR
YOUNG EMPOYE OF SOUTH
ERN. FATALLY INJURED
AT MATHISTON.
Beloved by Large Circle of Friends,
Who Mourn His Untimely End.
The Funeral TO be Held
at 4:3O O'Clock Today.

being hit by a locomotive attached tC
"a passenger train on the Southern
Rainway, last Friday, the accident
having taken place near Mathiston
about $50 O'Clock in the morning.
Mr.. Ussery was running as fagman
on a freight train, and had been sent
back to await the coming of west
bound passenger train No. 81, and
had instructions to throw the switch
after it had passed. The train was
late, and after having waited for a
considerable period the young man
evidently fell asleep, and when the
tr@ in finally came along the locomo-
tive struck him full in the head,
causing a very severe fracture of the
skull
There is a dwelling house located
only few hundred feet from the
scene of the accident, and a lady liv
ing therein saw the locomotive when
it dashed ruthlessly upon the unfor
tunate young man, and after having
inflicted the terrible wound, threw
him to one side, leaving his senseless
body lying manned and bleeding on
the ground. 1t seems that the lady
referred to had been watching the
young man for some time, and that it
was only upon the approach of the
train that she realized he was asleep.
She started toward him to warn him
of his danger, but before she could
reach his side the train had struck
him, and the word of warning which
she uttered at the last moment fell
upon ears that heard not. From the
statement of this lady, whose name
it was impossible to learn. Mr.. Us
sery, when she first saw him, was not
lying upon the track, but was
stretched out on the ground on one
side, his head resting upon a cross-tie.
She states that he did not seem to
hear the noise made by the approach
ing train until it was close upon him,
and that he lifted his head from the
cross-tie just in time to have it struck
a stunning blow by the rapidly NOV
ing locomotive.
The news of the accident was tele-
graphed to this city Immediately after
it occurred, and General Manager c.
II. Ackert, of the Southern Railway,
who was here in his private car, vol
unteered to take DR.. J. E. Davis, the
many of the relatives of the unfortu-
nate young man as desired to go, to
at once. Capt. w. l.. Us
sery, the young mans father, was
not in the city, having left at mid
night on his run to Birmingham, but
Mrs. Ussery, her cousin, Mrs. Eta
and several friends of the
family accompanied General Manager
Ackert and DR.. Davis on the trip to
They reached the scene
Of the accident without delay, and.
upon arrival there, found Mr.. Ussery
in the hands of a local physician. |
The local medical man had dressed !
his wounds, and had taken several |
he patient as soon as he arrived, but |
said that he could not tell the ex-
ent of the injuries without reopen /
ng the wound, and as he did not care |
o do this, Mr.. Ussery was placed on
BOARD the east-bound passenger train |
md brought to this city, having
cached here at noon. He stood the !
rip very well, and upon arrival here
vas taken at once to the COlum bus
Hospital.
When DR.. Davis examined Mr. Us
ery's wound he decided that it would
,e necessary to operate, and arrange
nents for the operation were imme-
lately begun. In the operation Dr.
Davis was assisted by Doctors Molloy
nd Crigler, of this city, and Dr.
lamb, of Mathiston, who had first /
ressed the young mans wounds, and
Who accompanied him to this city.
1r. USsery stood the operation as
veil as could be expected under the Il
though his condition
vas very weak and he never regained
Consciousness. He fingered Friday
nd yesterday until half past five {
clock yesterday afternoon, when 4
cath ensued. At his bedside when {
he end came were his parents and a
lumber of relatives and friends. The h
dnera1 will be held this afternoon. at |
alf past four O'Clock from the First 1
'aptist Church. The interment will Ii
e with military honors from the Co II