The Hartford republican. (Hartford, Ky.) 18??-1926, 1908-04-03
SUPPOSED that He
FELL FROM TRAIN
LifeleSS Body of Young Man
Found at McHenry.
Was No Doubt Stealing" a Ride
On Through Freight and
Fell Off.

Near McHenry last Sunday morning
a colored man who had been to the
house of a neibhbor to sit up with
sick folks, while crossing the l. C.
railroad track near the store of
Brown Mercantile Co., discovered the
lifeless form Of man. The colored
fellow was TOO scared to investiatge
his find, but went at once to secure
aid. Other parties were summoned
and investigations showed the dead
body to be that of a young man or
boy about sixteen years of age.
Physical examination showed that
his neck was broken, and his position
when found led the people to believe
that the boy had fallen from the train.
There was absolutely nothing on his
person by which he could be identi
fled and his name learned. He car
ried a small purse, in which were
crumpled a few notes of college
script" used for money in transac-
tons at business schools. Not a cent
of money was in the purse. On the
finger of one hand he wore a brass
ring with the setting gone.
Judge Taylor was at once notified
and arrived on the scene about 10
o'clock, summoned a jury and held
an inquest. There was no evidence
of a satisfactory character that in
any manner showed how death result
ed. The only evidence that in any
way determined the cause of death
was given by two miners who came
out of the mines about ~ o'clock Sat-
urday night while the fast freight
train was standing on the track at
McHenry. They stated that two boys
who were walking along by the side
of the train told them that one of
their companions had fallen off the
train just above there and told them
if they saw him for them to tell him
that they (the boys) had gone on
South, and for him to come on. This
was all the evidence and being hear
say, the jury returned the following
verdict:
I'VE, the jury, find the unidentified
boy supposed to be about Is years
old, found in a ditch by the l. C.
railroad, came to his death by I'M
known cause"
This was signed by the members of
the jury, as follows: Guy Stateelr G.
A. Ralph, d. w. Wakeland,J. W.Bak-
err, R. T. Ross and ]. NJ. Martin.
After the inquest the question of
interment was discussed and it being
the law that the county pay but $500
for coffin furnished by 1t, 1t was sug-
gested that better burial casket be
provided. A public subscription was
taken among those present and in just
a few minutes the kind-hearted peo-
pie contributed 500. to supplement the
$500 paid by the county. At the sug-
gestion of Judge Taylor the body was
held until Monday morning and the
fact of the boys death was telegraph
ed to Louisville and intervening
points.
This proved to be good idea, for
on Sunday night a man named John
Callahan arrived on train from Lou
isville and identified the body as that
of his brother, Charlie Callahan. He
said their parents are residents of
Louisville. at 1882 Zane street.
Mondays Louisville Times says
of the unfortunate affair:
Word was received to-day by Pc
ter Callahan.an employee of the L. and
N. railroad. that the body of his four
teen-year-old son, Charles Callahan ha
been found at McHenry. KY, beside
the railroad tracks and would arrive
in the city to-day.
The telegram was the first intima-