Perth Amboy evening news., 1913-12-08
Man Believed To Have Been
Resident of Roosevelt Met
Horrible Death in Wood
bridge on the Railroad.
EVERY LIMB Is SEVERED
Body Was Torn End Cut Into
Pieces and StreWn Along
Tracks - Clothing Torn
Away-Trying to Identify.

A man believed to have been a
resident of Roosevelt, was ground
to pieces on spur of the Philadel-
phia & Reading railroad about 400
yards east of the st. Georges ave-
nue. crossing In Woodbridge town
ship, Saturday night or early yester-
day morning. The body was torn
and cut into many pieces and strewn
along the track for distance of
several hundred feet. Every limb
was severed from the trunk, and
that as well as the head was drag
ged and ground along the track.
Coroner James ]. Flynn is In pos
session of the body and is trying
to have 1t identified. At the Port
Reading offices of the Philadelphia
C Reading Railroad 1t was stated
that there was no indication that
any employe was missing and it
was not known who the victim was.
Killed By Coal Train.
According to Coroner Flynn s in
TsstigHtions, the man was killed by
an outgoing coal train, when he fell
from the train or was walking along
the track. 1t is believed that the
fatality occurred early yesterday
morning unknown to the train crew.
Evidence at the scene indicates that
he was struck about 400 yards east
of st. Georges avenue and dragged
towards the crossing. 1t was first
| discovered by a track walker early
yesterday morning. He notified the
railroad men and then disappeared
out of fright.
Clothing Torn From Body.
| Every particle of clothing was
| torn from the man. His body was
cut in two at the abdomen. Both
arms were severed near the elbow
and the legs above the knees. The
chest and sides of the trunk were
| torn, the face was split down over
the forehead and nose, the right
ear was torn off and the skull was
fractured The blood despatched
pieces of flesh and bone and clothes
, were found scattered along the track
and gathered into a basket by the
coroner. They have been sewed
together in the best manner pos
sible, and are now awaiting identifi-
cation at the coroner's morgue. Mr..
Flynn notified the police of this city
and Roosevelt last night, in a vain
effort to ascertain identity.
OF Irish Descent.
The man had the appearance OF
being OF Irish descent. He was
large, the body being OF good ply
sique. He was between forty and
forty-five years or age, clean shaved
and slightly bald on the top Of the
head. His face was round and
| full. Appearances of the body and
clothes would indicate that the man
was a railroader or machinist. He
wore fairly good clothes and good
shoes, which were somewhat greasy,
| indicating that the man had been
walking about machinery. He wore
dark trousers, a blue vest and a
dark coat with an almost invisible
stripe.
The only thing found in the
clothes was a football schedule oil
the Carteret Football Club They
might have contained other things
which have not been found as yet
| The only means which might helI
| to establish the identity is the name
"Sellner's" on the band of a slouch
hat which the man wore. 1t was
evidently purchased at the mems
| furnishing store of Harry l.. Sell
ner, Jr., 101 Railway avenue, Roose-
Welt