Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1914-07-25
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AusrR1ANLABoRER COMMIT
TED SUICIDE A. THE
500 DEPOT.
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aruesome Tragedy Happened =
Train Was Backing Ont
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A men registered at the Banner
House in this city as A. Sadowy was
decapitated yesterday afternoon by.
train No. 26O, at the 500 depot. The
evidence points plainly to suicide.
The body was seen just after the
train backed out of the station, and
the coroner Immediately notified.
The body was taken to the Webb
Undertaking parlors, where the in
quest was held last night.
Suicide Verdict.
The testimony Of depot agent
Thompson and Of the train crew was
taken, and they agreed in the sui
eide verdict. 1t would have been i'm
possible for the man to have fallen
accidentally under the wheel and he
was not run over when the train
came in, for the body was exactly
between the wheel tracks Of the mail
wagon which backed UP to the car
door to receive the mail bags. He
would have been seen had he been
there before the train backed out. II.
Was Seen at Depot.
The men was seen at the depot
early in the afternoon, when the 1855
train pulled in. When No. 36O pull
ed into the station 4 he was there
again. The train unloaded passen-
gers and mail, as usual, and then
backed out. Agent Mcdonald saw
the body as soon as the engine
cleared it, in backing away. &.
Appeared Deliberate.
4 The men must, have waited until
the train started to move, and then
laid down, with his neck across the
rail, bracing himself with his feet
and hands, as the position of the
body showed. The front wheels of
the baggage car, and the wheels Of
the engine and tender passed over
him. decapitating him.
a5 Was at Hotel.
The only proof Of the mans ident-
ity lay in his somewhat illegible
scrawl on, the hotel register at the
Banner House. He came there first
on the evening Of Saturday, July IL.
and engaged . room, paying for Il
In advance. He remained there sew
eral nights, always paying In Cd
vance. and rarely appearing around
the hotel in the daytime.
Said He Was Imposed On.
Manager Serres, Of the Banner
House, came in from the dining
room one afternoon, hearing IN al-
tercation, and found the man quarrl-
ing with two of his employees, who
were scrubbing the floor. He asked
him what the trouble was. and Sd
dowy said that someone was tmpos-
ing on him. He did not say who he
had reference to MI. Series did not
like the mans actions, and asked
him to leave the hotel, and not to
come back. He came back, however,
several times after that, registering
when the clerk was at the desk.
Some Who Knew Him.
On one occasion he was sitting in
front of the hotel when q young
fellow in top boots and working
clothes passed by, and greeted him.
asking him II he was coming back
to work. He also was seen In con-
with an Austrian who has
a claim east Of the city, and who
works for some farmer east Of here,
the name Of the farmer not being
known at this time. In all probabi-
lity something more can be learned
about the man as soon as his act be-
comes generally known, and possibly
the motive will be disclosed. He
had money, and was cleanly and
neatly dressed in working clothes.