Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1911-10-12
MAN BEHEADEO By TRAIN NEAR
CEDAR RAPIDS DISAPPOINTED
IN LOVE.
CoRoNER's INVESTIGATION
SHOWS SELF DESTRUCTION
Stoker Threw Himself Under Train
After Visit to Nurse at Iowa City
With Whom He Was infatuated
His Suit ejected-Relativss at Gar.
ner Claim Eody.

Cedar Rapids. Oct. 12.-Spurned by
ed after final request for her hand il
marriage. is the cause OF the death o.
W. B Stoker, we'll known resident OF
Miller, also prominent in Garner, where
his parents reside Miller on Tuesday
night became despondent ard com
tnitted suicide. He selected a rattle:
gruesone method for taking his life
by laying his head on the railroad
track. allowing il 20 be severed from
his body.
This is the conclusion Of an nvesti-
CATION made. by Coroner David King.
yesterday following the discovery OF
Stokers body, early yesterday morn
ms the gruesome ind was made
by section men as they were going ont
yesterday morning. The man had
been run over by some Rock Island
train during the night. which one is
not known for certain. The theories
that he had been killed accidentally!
were abandoned when later in the
morning it developed that Sloker haG
pSSlL 10 see Il OiI-S -s&lIE LOWE N-ts
with whom he was greatly in love.
Ii a note book on the frs, page
was written In case OF accident
notify Mrs. Z. j Sroker. Garner,
and Miss Lenora Sutton. Iowa City,
care Homeopathic hospital \ bal
ance of $500 was shown in the bank
book.
Stoker was YET a young man OF
about - years. He was of medium
height. His body was swathed in
clothing. he was wearing g heavy blue
suit ana an overcoat. The clothing
was torn and saturated with blood
from his wounds Besides the sever
ing OF his head. his right wrist and
right ankle We're broken squarely off.
His Suit Rejected.
L was learned that Stoker had
been al Iowa City on Tuesday. This
Information was given by Miss LeoroTa
Sutton. who is al the Homeopathic
hospital in that city and whose ad-
dress Stoher had left in case Of an
accident. Miss Sutton wired back
that Stoker had been there to see her
or Tuesday He had been in this
city Tuesday morning, having checked
a grip a the union station. This grip
yesterday morning was secured by the
coroner and il contained clothes. There
was a suit Of good clothes. and some
working clothes of a. nature that point
ed to the fact that Stoker was a rail-
road man.
In the clothes. however. was found
letter that strongly points TO the
suicide theory. II IS a letter written
TO him by his friend. Miss Sutton.
Apparently. some trouble had arisen
between them. the tone Of the letter
indicating such a happening. What
thetrouble was. remained however,
secret. II IS supposed now that Stoher
had come down from Miller and made
attempts to patch up the trouble.
and perhaps proposed 10 her. Meet
ing with 10 success, n became
RESPONDENT ard walking up the Rock
Island tracks, deliberately laid down
or the tracks and was killed With
his head inside the rails, and the body
fifteen feet awa.. this is the most
probable conclusion that can be
drawn
Stokers mother as soor as she was
notified OF the death Of her son, wired
that his brother from Garner. would
arrive last evening. sometime { o take
charge Of the body.