Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1910-04-01
STRANGER KILLED BY FALL
FROM IOWA CENTRAL
PASSENGER TRAIN.
BODY TAKEN TO AckLEY
AND PARTIALLY IDENTIFIED
Card and Letters Indicate Stranger
Was Mark Howard, Former Mine
Worker in Illinois and Enroute to
Canada to Accept Position on Farm
Body Thrown Thirty Feet.
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Special to Times Republican.
Ackley, April 1.-Y esterday the train
crew in charge of an extra freight run
ming north on the Iowa Central rail-
way noticed a man lying near the
track and after reaching Ackley, Con-
ductor Swift backed up his train and
found dead man lying near the track
in puddle of water near a small rail-
road bridge. He was lying face down
ward. with his head and chest sub
merged in the water. He had bad
bruise on his forehead and another on
the right side of his face.
The dead body was taken to the de-
pot at Ackley and Coroner Burgess. of
Iowa Falls, was called. After making
hurried examination of the body he
came TO the conclusion that the man
had fallen off one of the Iowa Central
trains and thus received the injuries
and that death was caused by accident.
When found the dead stranger was
clothed in a pair of gray trousers, and
a gray flannel shirt. ard a gray coat
neatly folded was found a short dis
lance awayfi which in all probability he
had carried on his arm when he was
thrown by the momentum of the train.
A black felt hat Of SIetson make was
found near by
Probably Mine Workman.
He had in his pockets pocket knife,
s26 in loose change and bills and a
letter which had been written by L. S.
Long. of Lang. Saskatchewan, Canada.
addressed to Mark Howard. in which
Mr.. Long offered Mr.. Howard job for
the next three months for 800 and
board. if he would come to Canada and
offered to send him the money If he
did not have it.. In his pocket was also
found a transfer card from Lodge of
United Mine Workers. Of Pennington,
Ill, TO Mark Howard, issued March 30,
1910, bearing the number nine. The
description on the card tailed with
that of the dead man. from which there
can be but little doubt but that his
name is Mark Howard.
The coroner asked the depot agent
here to telegraph the Lodge of United
Mine Workers at Pennington. I'LL. of
the death Of this man, but no reply has
been received from that point at this
time.
In the pocket Of the stranger was also
found a railroad ticket, issued March
go 1910, at Monmouth, ILL.,. to Mime
apolis, Mimi. and tie coupon covering
this division had been torn off. A Min
neapolis hat check was also found near
/ by on the ground. 80
Thrown Twenty Feet.
Several Ackley parties afterwards
went out to where the dead stranger
!, was found to look the ground over, and
found place where apparently his
head struck the ground when he either
fell from the train or was thrown from
| it in some way, at the same place were
marks in the earth where his feet
struck the ground, and from there he
apparently was thrown about thirty
feet
| He must have been riding on pas
senger train No. 5 northbound passing
/ thru Ackley at about 2:30 this morn
ing I'd in some way fell off or was
thro II off. thereby receiving the injur-
| les to his head and face, but whether
| he was thrown into the water. or still
was conscious and went to the water
! to battle his wounds, and then fell into
the water and could not regain control
of himself is not known, and there ap-
parently is no way of learning the
exact circumstances resulting in his
death,