The Calumet news. [volume] (Calumet, Mich.) 1907-1938, 1910-02-17
INQUEST IS ADJOURNED
UNTIL FRIDAY MORNING
Hearing in Luoma Accident Case
Delayed by Absence Of Some
Witnesses.
GIVE INTERESTING TESTIMONY

Half n uOZtH NlNh'SoNo sNeNiAANt i'PN
o,,oning at the inquest held at the Of
GOO If Justice c. o. olivier into the
circumstances attending the death of
r,.onl, Luoma, who died from the eff
socts of being run over at the county
hridoe last Saturday night. The hear
inc was not finished, however, as the
,roin crew of the Copper Range, Sat-
urdav night special and the conductor
If the night train of the South Shore
were unable to be present last night
and an adjournment was taken until
Friday morning at o'clock.
Dr Conrad, who was called to attend
1uoma. described the nature of the in
;urles. He said that in his opinion
death was due to the shock and loss of
blood.
Aimee Catellier, one of the young
men by whom Luoma was found. stated
that he was crossing the bridge about
11:4O and heard cries or groans as of
someone in distress. He descended to
the lower part of the bridge and called
IA others who were crossing the bridge.
Waterman HOLSTER, and three or four
others joined him. Luoma was lying
at the point of the switch where the
Copper Range and Mineral Range
tracks join at the draw span. His
body was lying outside the tracks on
the east side of the bridge one leg be-
ing extended across the rail. The man
was grooming and talking in Finnish
a., -aid he wanted to be taken to Mo-
hawk. The testimony of Waterman
HOLSTER and the others who were the
first to go to Luoma's aid was prac-
tcally the same. None of them knew
how Luoma had been struck or by
what train. Waterman Tervo of the
Copper Range said in his opinion 1t
was the saturday night special of the
Copper Range leaving Houghton at
1880. He had gone on the bridge af-
ter the passage of the South Shore
train shortly after II, and there was
no one on the tracks then.
Mr. McD,ougall, superintendent of
the nterlocking switches, testified that
he had been summoned by phone and
asked to get the ambulance as some
one was badly hurt. He got lantern
and went on the bridge and Joined the
others there. Mr.. McDougall describ-
ed the position of the body, lying on
its back with hands raised to his head.
He had searched the locality and found
the mans mittens and the bowl of a
nj l. haIt,a1 Y,1a T.tIn
an mprovised stretcher and went with
him to the West Side pharmacy in
Houghton, to await the coming of the
ambulance.
Sydney Donahue was one of those
who helped carry Luoma to the drug
store, and had accompanied the sheriff
with the injured man in the ambulance
to the hospital.
The general trend of the testimony
favored the theory that Luoma had
fallen from the Copper Range train, as
II did not appear as though a locomo-
tive with snow pillow had passed over
him. There was no ticket found on
his person, when an examination was
made by the sheriff. Luoma had been
weak from loss of blood when found
and talked incoherently without tell
ing his name and only asking that he
be sent to Mohawk. He realized that
something was the matter with his
legs but did not seem to know just
what had happened, and at the hos
pital begged those about him to cut off
his legs.
The inquiry stopped at this point
last night, and as IT was thought best
to have the testimony of the trainmen,
who will not be at liberty until Satur-
day morning on account of having to
work at night, an adjournment was
taken until that time.