The Oskaloosa herald., 1907-10-03
NO ONE HELD FOR
STATIONS DEATH
coRoNER's JURY UNABLE TO FIX
RESPONSIBILITY.
MUCH EVIDENCE PRODUCED.
Many People Saw Young Man During
The Day, But No One Was An
Eyewitness to The
Accident.

Upon the insistance of Geo. Fox,
of Topeka, Kas, an uncle of tne de.
ceased James stanton, who was XII
ed In the Iowa Central yards Tuesday
evening, an inquest was held last
evening in the court house by Coun-
ty Coroner Unas. Foehlinger in an
endeavor to determine the cause of
the maa's death. But little new evil
dence was introduced and the story
which was testified to by most Of the
witnesses conformed practically with
the account which had been published
of the accident
The Verdict.
The jury considered the evidence
that had been heard at some length
and asked the coroner some addition
al questions after they had conferred
among themselves. The following
verdict was rendered.: THE jury
finds that the deceased came 70 his
death by being run over by an Iowa
Central freight train in their yards on
the night of September "a, '07 at
about $40 D. M. No evidence was
presented to the jury to Snow in what
manner he got under the car wheels,
we find the Iowa Central r. r. in no
way to blame. Signed,
M. d. Gilchrist, Thos. Neagle and
Grin Lyon. ..
No One Saw Accident.
There was no one who saw the
freight train pass over the mans
body and there was no means of de-
termining just how he CHANGED to be
on that track at the time. David Car
ney, night switchman, was perhaps
one of the last men to see Stanton
before his death. According to his
testimony, ne was standing on the
last car of long freight train on
the south side of First avenue, just
as the passenger train from The north
pulled into the depot, and he saw a
man dressed in black suit and wear
ing a straw hat standing about six
feet souJh of First avenue, just OFF OF
the walk. me man spoke to him
and said hello" AS it was dark he
could not distinguish the mans feat
ures and could not identify hims as
James Stanton, although he expressed
hi opiaion that it was he.
Conflicting Testimony.
About the only conflicting testimony
in the hearing was given by Rut EN-
anuel, of Eddyville, one of Stantoa's
companions. His testimony IN brief
was that he came to Oskaloosa from
Ed 1yville Tuesday morning with Jas.
Stanton and Louis Sanders. They
spent most of the time just walking
around the city and were separated
part of the time, put all ate their din
ners and suppers together at res
taurant on West High Ave. He toll
of the episode in Peter SchmidtNs tail
or shop when Stanton sewed up the
hole in his straw hat. After that he
said the tailor accompanied them to
the saloon across the street. Stan
ton went in with the rest but he
didn't think he took a drink. Later
in the evening they all went into a
saloon on West High Ave. a1', EN-
anuel testifies, I'VE all drank some,
but just a little" The witness be-
lieved that Stanton 1lad somewhere
in the aeignborhood of tendollars on
his person in the morning and he saw
him spend but small part of thai
amount, but as to what became OF the
remainder or the money he was I'm
able to say. At about 1880 they all
started for the depot and stopped at
a saloon on the way. Stanton didl..
say whether ne was going home or
not, but did not go with Emanuel to
the depot. The latter said he caught
the train just as it was pulling out
and paid cash fare of 80 or 81 cents.
Supt. Hayden, of the Iowa Central,
however, produced a telegram from
the conductor, which said that ne did
not collect any cash fare between
oskaloosa and Eddyyille that night.
The brakeman also said that he did
not see Emanuer on the train, but the
latter persisted that he did pay a cash
fare and did NOT ride on tle "blind
baggage" Supt Hayden ma .e the
statement That that question was to
be followed up, and minated that it
might be for the grand jury to decide
next week, whether or not Emanuel
was telling the truth.
Harding's Testimony.
Robt. Harding, a harness maker OF
thi- city, was with Sanders at the
Turf saloon when the passenger train
came in from the north, and ne testi-
fed that Emanuel and Stanton started
off for the train a about the same
time aad then he and Sanders went
over to find them. They looked in
every car but couldn't see either fell
low, and they also looked on the
"blind baggage" in vain They walt
ed at the lunch counter until the
train had left and saw nothing of their
companions that night.
Sanders did not appear at the in
quest. although he had been sub
poenaed.
Harding also said that he under
stood that Stanton intended to go
nome on the train tnat evening.
Thos Martin, bartender in the Turf