The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1910-04-20
BODY FOUND
UNDER BRIDGE
B. 5. Kradws, Of Racine Wis, Falls From
1r,h Near Vail And i Killed Hap
peaed Sometime Fiday.
CORONER HOLDS AN INQUEST
Broker d Deceased Arrives, laeaifes Body
Ard Takes he Renains 10 Wiscsasin For
Buial

On Saturday morning, April 10TH,
about eight o'clock, word came to
Vail to William Byrnes. county corr
oner, that the body If deceased per.
son was found under . railroad bridge
in . small stream about three miles
east Of Vail. John Duffy, section
foreman, got ready his hand car and
took the coroner and : few other men
and went to the railroad bridge, and
found the body Of . person as report
ed. The body was removed from the
stream. and q passenger train coming
from the east was stopped ana the re-
mains taken to Vail and placed in the
undertaken 8 room. A coroner's jury
was impanneled consisting Of j. p.
Duffy, N. r. McGrath and E. Cham
berlain. who proceeded to examine the
clothes on the body with view Of
ascertaininR the name Of the person.
They soon discovered that his name
was B. s. Kradwell and that his home
was in Racine. Wisconsin. His card
case showed that he was member Of
the Bell City Masonic Lodge, No. 81.
Of Racine. Wisconsin. Letters and
papers which were found upon his
person left no DOUBT OF his identity.
His watch and $50 90 in paper money
was found in his pockets. After. :
thorough search was made of his
clothing, the jury adjourned until
four o'clock in the afternoon, and
the witnesses who first discovered
the body in the stream were sum-
moned. A message was sent to his
people at Racine, Wisconsin. and also
. message to the secretary Of the
lodge Of which the deceased was 4
member at Racine. An answer came
back that q brother Of the deceased
would at once start for Vail. AT
four o'clock The jury met in the Com
mercial Club room and the witnesses
were examined. The 6rst witness
was the section foreman Of West
Side. He testified that he first saw
the body Of the deceased in the stream
under the railroad bridge about half
past ssven o'clock Saturday morning,
April 10th. de was unable to give
any information as to how the person
came to be where he was discovered.
Mr. Grill, foreman Of the county
bridge gang, who WAS working On Z
county bridge near the place. in pass
ing over this bridge on Friday, saw
the body in the water under the
bridge. which he took to be coat
thrown into the water. He thought
no more about it until Saturday
when the discovery Of the party waa
made. The jury returned verdict
that the deceased came to his death
from some unknown cause. On, Sum
day about one O'Clock, Mr.. F.NA.
Kradwell, accompanied BY one Fred
Baebenroh, Jr.. Of Lake Mills. Wis.
consin, arrived and took charge Of
the remains. and on Sunday evening
started for Bascobel, Wisconsin.
where the burial will be made. Th.
deceased was twentv-eight years o,
age, and was Of . family Of si1
brothers. engaged in operating chair
of several drug stores, being secre
tary Of the company. Il is said that
his health for several months has beer
impaired and hs concluded to take .
rest, and left on Thursday last 70
Mountain City. Idaho. where he ex
pected to remsin during the summer
The opinion prevails that Mr. Krad
we'll came to bis death by falling
from the rear end Of one Of the fas
trains some time on Friday. but Va
not discovered until Saturday.