The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1910-12-01

scription leads to the discovery of the
identity of the man, whose mangled
remains were picked UP on the Louis
willie Il Nashville Railroad early yes
terday morning, near Olive. he will
fiji an unknown grave in the Potters'
field. The interment will take place
today, unless the body Is claimed. 1t
Is now at the Pou undertaking estab-
lishnient.
The unknown man met death be-
meath the wheels Of freight train
which reached Pensacola yesterday
morning at o'clock. His remains.
strewn along the track for almost a
BALI mile, were discovered by Sec
ton Foreman Jack Colly as he
launched the days work on his sec.
ton yesterday morning. The Pensa-
cola offices OF the railway company
were notified and an engine and car
were sent to the scene. On this train
the body was brought 10 the city and
deposited in n coffin IN the mOrgue OF
the Pou company.
Judge r. Z. Nickelsen, county coro.
ner, viewed the remains at the scene
Of the accident and issued death
certificate as an unavoidable acct.
dent. This completes the county'S
supervision over the body except IN
its burial and what efforts may be
made toward identifying 1t by the
county authorities.
KILLED At 3:,5.
The unknown man met death at
3:15 a. m. If the tale told by his
watch, the hands of which pointed to
that hour, is true. As the freight
train which is thought to have been
the one passing over his body passed
the scene Of the tragedy at about that
hour, it IL practically certain that this
was the exact hour of the tragedy.
But the grresome discovery was no.
made until Foreman Colly had started
with his gang" CT section men, to
work, for the day. Then as they pro-
ceeded along the track, south of Olive,
a short distance, what appeared to be
blood was noticed along the cross-ties.
Further on particles Of mansled flesh
were found, including both eye balls.
teeth, ears, ore hand and one foot
severed at the wrist and ankle, re-
spectively. The section men then
found the liver and the heart and par
ticles OF the lungs, ali separated from
the body.
GATHERED TOGETHER.
Then Foreman Colly and his men
pieces of the human form and for
nearly an hour they worked along the
railway rack picking up pieces Of the
body. 1t was fully an hour before
they had gathered together all of the
pieces and some may have been over
looked, for particles of flesh were
found IN the weeds along the road bed
at considerable distance from the
track
In the meantime Judge Nickelsen
and the railway authorities had been
notified. The former made hurried
trip to the scene and after an exami
nation pronounced the accident which
caused the death unavoidable" and
returned to the city. after ordering
the removal of the body to the POI
undertaking establishment The rail
way authorities rendered a special en-
CINE and car for the purpose and il
the car the body was brought to Pen
sacola.
MAY HAVE BEEN DRUNK.
The man whose body might have
been comprised Of the pieces of flesh
and bone may have gone to his death
drunk. This theory is based on a re-
port of Foreman Collv On the pre-
vious afternoon the foreman saw
man on LIc track near the scene OF
the tragedy iii an intoxicated condi-
ton. He was apparently a young
man of medium statue and build.
Realizing the danger TO a drunken
man by being on railway track, the
foreman ordered the young man Off
the rlght-of-way and advised him to
remain off. AS at that time it was
near sunset, it is supposed that the
man lay down for the night near the
track and near where he was seen by
Foreman Colly. and early in the morn.
ing proceeded on his way. He was
travelling towards Pensacola. His head
might have still been befudd,ed when
a swift freight train bore down on
him. passing over his body.
DID HE LIVE HERE?
"A question which is puZzling the
authorities is where the dead man got
his hat. bearing the trademark OF
Pensacola store, unless he lived here
From this clue it is believed that he
was a Pensacola man and if such is
true it is believed that the body may
be identified
However. there is possibility of
his procuring the hat elsewhere, pos.
sibly ut Flomaton
From the clothing of the man and
other marks about his person, it is