The Chickasha daily express. (Chickasha, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1899-current, 1912-03-21
Frozen Corpse Of Viaduct Work
er Found this Morning Was
Engineer tthe Concrete
Mixing Plant
EVIDENCE OF STRUGGLE
BEFORE THE END CAME
Was Last Seen Early in Evening
Victim Here Short Time
Body Held for Word
from Relatives

The frozen body Of Mike Vaughn,
the engineer at the concrete plant
used for the Rock Island yiaduct work,
was found lying along the north side
OF the old office building Of the Mus
kogee Oil Refining company at 2lo
North First street This morning The
corpse was stiff and there was every
evidence that the body had been there
all night Il Is supposed that the man
was making BITS way 70 the boarding
cars on the Rock Island tracks when
he slipped and fell.
The boarding cars were only about
one block from where the mans body
was found. Vaughn has been here for
the past two weeks and was seen last
night at 1880 o'clock at the Orpheum
theater by J W. Shay a fellow work
man. Mr. shay said tha, he was with
Vaughn during the day and part OF
the evening and that he seemed In
perfectly good spirits and health. Mr..
Shay stated that Vaughn had a ten
dency toward tuberculosis. which dis
ease shay claims Vaughn contracted
S; yoss. Okla. Rhlle working IN a
conersss piaut
FIR. Guashorn. foreman Of the via
duct gang. stated this morning that he
saw Vaughn ior the last time yesier.
day about noon. The men did not
work yesterday and we're paid of for
last week on Monday. according 70
his knowledge vslghns people live
at Rlchfleld. III
Policeman Meecom, who examined
the body Of the dead man. stated that
Il was frozen stir and that there was
evidence that he had struggled much
before he died Vaughn was dressed
in common work clothes, overalls and
jumper and wore no coat The watch
that he was wearing stopped al 2:iQ
o'clock last night
Vaughan was a man past thirty.
eight years Of age. He came 70 Chick
asha from Ei Reno. ] W. Shay whe
knew him perhaps better that mos'
men. said that be was a man without
family.
I'VE. the jury drawn, empanelled
and sworn to inquire into the death o
Mike Vaughan and a true yerdie
render as 10 the cause q the salt
death. do upon our oath find that th'
said Mike Vaughan came to his deail
on March Goth or 2Ist from exposur'
and inebriation. and we do so find
This was the verdict Of the jurors s
the coroner's inquest held By JudeI
Moore this morning.
The Jurors were L. l. Price. SC "
Ramsey. c. W. Bright ". r. saun
ders, o. L. King and G cerrato.
Ed Allen. a cook AZ the Bin & Johl
restaurant, found the man as he wa
going to work this morning Accors
ing 10 the testimony OF Allen befor
the ooroner's inquest he spent tn
night al the boarding cars. Allen tef
titled that he took one Of the me
home last night and that the rain wa
SO bad that he spent the night ther'
Allen said that the man he took nom
was very drunk
The body Of Vaughan is being hel
at the Claycomb G Anderson forgu
until word can be received from h
people. Il developed in the testimor
given at the inquest that an uncle
the dead man is a prominent graz
dealer IN Kansas City but his nan
was not learned There was nothir
among the mans private belonging
to assist in this natter
L. H. corbin. the man who W
taken home drunk at midnight la
night by Ed Allen. was the last mi
seen with Vaughn. Corbin was
drunk that he does not rememb
much that happened He stated tn
he got his whisky in the lower pa
Of town, but did not remember t
place. Corbin IN his testimony beio
the eoroners Jury stated that Vaug
took drink Of liquor before SUPP
but that he die not know Of his drli
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