The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1907-04-10
KILLED BY train
But Just How No One Seems To
Know Exactly.
1t Seems that the Deceased Was With
Some Conyivial Friends and Was

Drinking.
On last Thursday morning Coron-
er Rickenbaker held an inquest over
the dead body of William Dunmeyer,
a negro, who died the day before
from injuries received Saturday
night week ago on the Southern Rail
way between Jamison anl St.Mat-
thews. Just how Dunmeyer met his
death is not known. It is said he was
drunk when he left Orangeburg on
the night Of the accident, and the
chances are that he fell from the
train in passing from one car to an
other.
Another negro man who was with
Dunmeyer testified at the inquest
that they boarded the train at Row
esville, that he paid his fare to Or
angeburg, while the dead man. Dun
meyer, paid his fare to st. Matthews.
Says Cunme"e- gave the conductor
81 and received 35 cents in change.
This wit:4ess said that both he and
Dunmeyer left TIVE train at Orange
burg, but TINT I:..nmeyer again got
aboard the train and started for St.
Matthews, where he had intended go
ing
The other witnesses were Drs.
Lowman and Shecut, who operated
on the negro Sunday morning week
ago, and the coroner, who heard MS
statements as given to the doctors.
Drs. Lowman and Shecut testified
that the negro was brought to them
at 10:40 a. m. Sunday morning week
ago by DR.. D. Moorer, a colored ply
sician, who asked them to operate;
that the coroner was also present and
asked them to take the negro S state
ment before operating.
They testified that the negro told
them be had been put off the train
just above Jamison by the conductor
and that be fell and the train crush,
ed his hand. Said he did not know
why he was put off. This was about
eight o'clock on the Saturday night
he was nurt, and he SAID he lay by
the track in his injured condition fol
several hours, then dragged himself
to Jamison, where he aroused some
negroes and they sent him to Orange
| burg on the mixed train, reaching
here early in the morning.
Drs. Lowman and Shecut testified
that when brought to them they
found the right hand badly crushed
and were forced to amputate. A
that time there was no evidence D
internal injuries and the negro die
not seem to suffer except from hi:
mangled hand. Was in a dazed con
dition and they could get very little
Eout of him. Visited him afterwards
and when they found his condition
serious, they reported it to the South
ern railway officials. They perform
ed the post mortem examination ant
found liver and stomach in bad con
dition from effects of what looked t
be a terrible blow May have beer
caused by negro falling heavily OF
cross ties, or some other hard matte
Coroner Rickenbaker's testimony a
to the post mortem statement diner
| ed from that Of the doctors, IN ina
he claimed the negro said he wa
elected from the moving train.
The Southern Railway was no
represented at the inquest. Nor Wer'
any of the train crew present. Par
ties who saw Dunmeyer the night o
the accident at the depot as the trail
on which he was riding says Dunmey
er was drunk. None of these partle
testified at the inquest. The 1ur.
brought in a verdict that punmeye
came to his death by wounds causet
BY some train on the Southern Rail
wav. If as stated above, Dunmeye
was drunk, no doubt he fell from tn
train while it was in motion and re
ceiyed the injuries that caused HI
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