The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1907-11-05
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PARKERsBURG. Nov. with tbs
head entirely severed; and lying on the
outside OF the rail, the body Of man
supposed to be C. W. Jackson, OF Wal.
ton, Roane county, was found on the
10. R. division tracks a half mile be.
low Blennerhassett Station yesterday.
The discovery was made by Sherman
johnson. a section foreman about sew.
en- o'clock. The body was stiff anil
cold and 1t was evident that the maa
had been dead for several hours. it
Is not known definitely which train
struck him, but 1t is supposed to have
been the Spencer excursion train
which left here Sunday night as the
same engine which pulled 1t came in
this morning with blood and what ap-
pearcl to be a mans brains on the
pilot.
Immediately after findlng the body
Mr.. Johnson notified headquarters
here. An engine was sent down with
a stretcher in which to pick up the re
mains. The head which was severed
from the body, was horribly mangfe,i
being all cut to pieces SO, that the face
could not be recognized. In addition
to this one of the hips was broken.
The legs were evidently not touched
by the engine as there were no wounds
on them. The heal was on one side
OF the rail- and the body on another.
Lying about six feet way was a peck.
etbook containing s5.G7.
The remains OF the man ere
brought to this city on the 9:32 train
and taken into the 0. R. baggage
room. DR.. Ben o. Robinson, county
coroner. was present and made an ex.
animation Of the body. He took pos
session of the mans effects In order
that an Identification OF the body
might be made. There was no cause
for an inquest being held us the cause
OF the mans death was apparent. Att
er the examination the remains wer.,
removed to the undertaking establish.
ment Of Carney and Mullen and pre-
pared for burial.
In addition to the pocketbook and
some advertising matter found in the
pockets there were two letters. Both
Of these were addressed to C. ". Jack.
son. Walton. Roane county, West vir.
ginia.
One Of the letters was from Miss
May Jackson. Of Waverly, this county.
and had been written on October 25.
According to the contents OF this. let
ter Miss Jackson is the sister OF the
man who was killed. The letter stat
ed that she missed her brother very
much and from It is gathered that he
had other sisters and brothers.
The second letter was from the
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mans wife and was postmarked Cora
opolis, Pennsylvania. It was dated
October twenty.fifth. According to Its
contents Jackson and his wife have
not been living together, but from its
tone there had evidently been no
trouble between the couple.
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A curious coincidence IN this con-
nection was that Mrs. Jackson stated
In her letter that she had been struck
by a railroad train and was seriously
Injured. She said that she had been
in a hospital for a number Of weeks
and had a silver plate placed in the
back Of her head, where a piece of the
skull had been removed. She said
that SHE did not expect to live long
and that she wanted to see him before
she died.
Those two letters were al, the means
that the coroner had OF making "a
Identification OF the body. but It is
taken that there Is little doubt but
what the mans lame Is Jackson. Ef.
forts are being made TO get word to
his sister at Wayerly and any relatives
that he may have in Roane county so
that they may take charge of the
body: The remains will remain at
the local undertaking establishment
until they announce their wishes.