Perth Amboy evening news. [volume] (Perth Amboy, N.J.) 1903-1959, 1911-11-22
DISCOVER DEAD
MAN ON RAILS
john Bolowinski, of Catherine
Street Found North of
Hall Ave. Bridge.
SKULL IS FRACTURED
Believed to Have Been Kill
ed by Northbound Train--
Wife II Bayonne.

xtohn Bolowinski, fifty-two years
Did, who boarded in Catherine street
ana had wife and son In Bayonne,
was found with a fractured skull on
the Central railroad tracks about
200 feet north of the Hall avenue
bridge shortly after 1880 o'clock
LAST night. 1t is believed by the au-
thorities that he Was struck and
killed by train going northward at
S.33 O'clock Local railroad offic-
ials heard rnmon this morning to
the effect that the man had been at
dance in north Amboy and there
had had his head crushed and was
placed on the railroad track, they
declare Bolowinski's body was TAX
en- in charge by Coroner James ],
Flynn, who after an investigation
turned the remains over to Michael
Zylka. A thirty-year-oid son of the
victim identified him.
The dead form of the man was
found by James Leddy, operator at
the w tower In the northern part
of the city, while he was on his way
to his home in this city about 11:40
o'clock last. night Leddy almost
stumbled over the form. He inves-
tigated and after finding the man
dead reported the find to Patrolman
Joseph Hartung. He summoned
Coroner Flynn, who removed the
body to his morgue.
Patrolman Hartung looked into
the case and arrived at the conc1u-
sion that the man must have been
hit by Central passenger train No.
324 going towards New York at
s:33 o'clock over the spot where
the body was found, which la at the
westerly end of Huntington street.
The victim boarded in this city be-
cause he worked on the Lehigh Val
ley coal docks, while his wife and
son lived in Bayonne. They have
taken charge of funeral arrange
ments
Cause of Death Mystery.
There is still a mystery about the
cause of the mans death. 1t de-
ve]nped yesterday that Ivers was
aafve on November 10, 1911, Ave
days before the freight car reached
this city from Omaha, Neb. Mr..
0lden found in the bottom of the
dead mars right shoe newspaper
elillping from the Daily Times-Recg
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Ber 10, 1911 It ii believed the dead
man put the paper In his shoe to
save nail cutting into his foot.
Outside of soiled handkerchief the
paper was the only article found on
the mans body.
Coroner Says starvation.
Coroner Flynn said today he will
make ont the burial permit as ex-
haustfon or starvation The mans
appearance 5elies the last, but the
theory Is advanced that no man can
live four days without drink Of some
kind Several doctors, when inter-
viewed today, declared a man would
60 insane If forced to go without
food or drink for more than three
days. Thev also agreed If death re-
suited from such cause the victim g
face would undoubtedly show agony.
The general appearance Of Ivers, as
he lies in the morgue at Coroner
Flynn's establishment, is that of a
man who was In robust health when
he died and not that of sufferer.
Autopsy Not Necessary.
County Physician Edgar Carroll,
OF Dayton, Informed Mr.. Flynn today
that an autopsy is not necessary, as
no marks Of violence were found ON
the mans body.
Murder Theory Advanced.
Several people are OF the opir ION
the man was murdered and his body
thrown into the car. 1t Is the gem
seral belief that no man who Is ae-
Quainted with stealing rides In
freight cars would crawl into load
ed car and not provide for means of
an exit, If necessary. The mans
position, when found, has led others
to form the supposition that Ivers
died while trying to climb up to the
unsealed window The position of
the body on the floor when found
was the natural position of a mans
body when dropped into car from
such a height.
When Coroner Flynn opened the
window although the seal was
broken, 1t was necessary to use an
iron bar as a plier before it would
slide along on its fastenings. The
question remains: Did Ivers climb
into the car and close the window so
tightly it Was necessary to use a bar
with which to open it, or was the
unfortunate man killed in the vicin-
'ity of Sayre, Pr. and his remains
thrown into car bound for New
Jersey to remove all danger Of dis
covery? Dead meu tell no tales
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