The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1911-01-04
Annual Report of Retiring
Coroner, DR.. A. l.. Bran.
kamp, Shows that Official
Had Very Busy Year.
RAILROADS KILLED
10 IN THE COUNTY
There Were Two Murders,
One Mysterious Death,
Five Suicides, Also Four
Deaths from Falls.

Ten violent deaths as a result OF
railroad accidents in the county dur
ing the past year marked 1910 as the
record year for fatalities in the his
tory of railroading in Wayne county.
Although there is no public record
by which the number permanently
manned or seriously injured can be
obtained, but 1t is an exceptionally
long list. The total number OF violent
deaths in the county last year was 2S.
Not all of the accidents in which
death resulted We're caused by the
carelessness of railroad employees. In
one instance woman committed sui
eide by hurting herself in front OF a
rapidly advancing passenger train and
was killed outright the engineer not
| having time to stop the train when
he became aware OF her intentions.
Wrecks probably were no more fire.
quent than in other years. There
were several which were very serious.
The one in November in the cast
Pennsylvania yards OF this city and
one at Cambridge City on Christmas
day were responsible for two deaths.
A Grcwsome Death.
Dellis f. Bales. the engineer on one
of the wrecked passengers trains in
the east end Richmond yards. was the
victim of one Of the most grewsome
accidents which has occurred in this
community in many years. He was
hurled from his cab in the engine
Iabout fifty feet and portion Of the
irebox alighted on his stomach and
legs. literally cooking him. He re-
mained conscious for a few hours and
died at the hospital The coroner
found in his investigation that Bales
had failed to heed block signal
i In manner the death Of an un-
known man at Cambridge City in the
wreck on Christmas day was equally
horrifying He was sleeping in tho
caboose when the wreck occurred.
With large amount of the debris
burying him, which later caught on
fire, the unfortunate man met terri
BILE fate. His charrcd body was re-
moved later. Some believed that tho
man, realizing his terrible fate COM
mitted suicide. although this now ID
not generally accepted as the direct
cause of his death. He was stock
tender and had boarded the freight at
st. Louis.
Carmini Leone, an Italian living In
q camp near Hiser's station was tho
. first victim of the year. He was walk
2~Is
2G when struck and almost instantly
killed. The other railroad victims for
the year include John Henderson.
killed on the Pennsylvania at Cam
bridge City. February Is: Nicalo Sus-
ujar, killed on the Pennsylvania at
Nolands Fork, February Is: Jesse
Jacoby, killed by the Lake Erie at
Cambridge City on June 5; Fred Wax
ing, killed by the &C & L, at VIE
. liamsburg in July; Mary Ann Saund-
ers. suicided by hurting herself be-
fore r. r. r. engine at Easthaven.
July IA; Matteo Di Erica, killed by
the Pennsylvania near Centerville, Au-
: gust 26: Dellis +. Bales, killed by the
, Pennsylvania In the east Richmond
: yards on November II; Antonio Iadic-
I icco. killed by the Pennsylvania. near
Cambridge City on Christmas day.
Il Were Two Murders.
The report of the retiring coroner, A.
l.. Bramkamp. for 1910 also shows
2 there were two murders, one death
] from unknown causes. and two accf-
! dental killings at the hands OF com
! panions.
Q 1t was late in January that the an-
I thorities became Suspicious and began
2 an investigation as TO the causes of
, the death of Eddie White. Whitewat-
er farmer. on December %. After
! weeks OF investigation it was found
that death was due to arsenic pois-
9 oning. but by whom the poison was
! administered was never ascertained
The murder OF Mrs. Christina A1ii-
son at her home, half mile south OF
!, Cambridge City occurred on April 8.
Charles Aloe Revalee. week later
confessed the murder to Chief I. A..
Gormon in this city. Revalee is now
serving life sentence, having plead
ed guilty when arraigned He was in
= the act OF robbing the Allison home,
with which he was familiar, having
, worked there previously when appre-
= hended by the murdered woman. He
z picked up hatchet and struck her
7 over the head, afterwards saturating
: ner clothing with coal Oil and setting
the house ON fire.
William Lewis. colored. is serving d
two to tWenty-one years sentence IN
Michigan City for the killing OF VIII
I liam Dickey, also colored He had q
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