The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1909-08-20
Distressing Accident Occurred
Saturday Evening.
Sad Home Coming Of the Wife
and Two Chill dr. en-
Remains Found Short Distance
From Their Home.

Willis O. Glenn was instantly killed
by the evening passenger train on the
Milwaukee road Saturday evening, at
noint near where West Front street
crosses it. and directly opposite his
home. The train was due to arrive
at g:35 D. m, but was a few mo-
ments late. and it was shortly before
ten O'Clock when the accident hap
Pened.
Was a Printer BY Trade.
Mr.. Glenn, who nad Oeen employed
in the job department of the Free
Press Printing company most of the
time during the past twelve years,
was not working every day of late,
and did not have work Saturday. He
spent the early part of the evening
on Front street and started for home
about nine O'Clock. He met Mrs. j. j.
Gill on Cherry street soon after nine
o'clock, and walked down Poplar street
with her and stopped in front of her
house to talk a moment before going
on toward his home, and was in a
cheerful frame of mind Mrs Gill;
who was the last person to see him
alive, saw him start towards home VII,
Mound avenues
Mr. Glenn resided at $50 Under
avenue and his house was close to
the Milwaukee track, a short distance
west of it and north of Front street.
\ path led from the track to the
,Xhan hot
way it was Mr.. Glem's custom to
take the track to this path and then
strike up to his house This was the
way that he went Saturday night, and
it is evident that he had just reached
the path when he was struck by the
train.
just how the accident happened will
probably never be known. The train
crew, when asked about the matter
ut Good Thunder by Agent Walker
soon after the accident. said that they
did not see anyone on the track. 1t is
not known that Mr.. Glenn ever tried
to eaten ride on the train. He may
have misiudged the distance that the
train was from him, in trying to
gain the path, or may not have stood
far enough aside to allow it to pass.
He was carrying his coat and hat in
his hand when Mrs. Gill last saw him,
and these We're found beside the track
at the point where the path leads off
from it, but his body was found
thirty or forty feet nearer Front street.
lying parallel with the rails and just
outside of the west rail-
Body Found By Little Son.
Mrs. Glenn was at the residence of
Mrs S. c. Soule. on South Front street,
waiting for her husband but as he
did not come she concluded that it
was time to 90 anyway, and started
for home with her two children, Elmer
and Clifford, aged six and three years
respectively When they left West
Front street to walk to their residence,
Elmer noticed an object close to the
track, a little ways from the crossing,
and called his mothers attention to
it, and then went to see what it was,
followed by his mother and little
brother. Mrs. Glenn was Mortified to
find the body of man lying there,
with blood stained face and clothing,
and still more shocked to recognize a
necktie similar to that worn by her
husband She sent the older boy for
her father, Mr. Stack with whom the
Glenns made their home, and then
she shrieked and tainted
Parties driving by in buggy went
10 the assistance of Mrs. Glenn and
she was taken to her home and a
physician summoned. The body was
left where it was found until Coroner
Kennedy and the police could arrive
and see it. 1t was fully identified as
that of Mr.. Glenn, and was removed
to the undertaking rooms of Land
kamer Bros. & Davidson.
Heart Pierced By a Rib.
1t was found that the chest was
crushed in, and every rib broken, and
also the collar bone and the left arm
above the elbow. There was a severe
bruse on the back of the head and a
cut under the chin, but the face was
not scratched or bruised. A fragment
of rib had punctured the heart,
causing instant death. That the body
had been dragged some was shown
by the condition of the clothing, and
it is judged that whatever caught it
did so under his vest, as the back
of his vest was pulled up to his neck.
Mrs. Glenn is Frustrated by the
shocking death of her husband, and is
under the care of a doctor, but is
doing nicely. Besides Mrs. Glenn and
The two children, the deceased is sur
vived by his father, w. H. Glenn
who resides with a daughter at Column
bus, Neb., and by the following broth
ers and sisters: Elmer, who is con-
Quoting job printing office in this
city: Albert, who lives at Auburn.
Wash; David, whc is in the navy and
is at present stationed on Alaska; Brs.
IanaS Rates of Little Rock. Ark;