The Mankato free press., 1915-11-26


/ seen him since they were paid off
| on November IS; that both of
these men came from Like, Aus
! tria, several years ago; and that
| the dead man has a brother, Tom
Lulle, living at 2t4 Poplar street.
Who was the man that was killed
Un the Milwaukee tracks near Poplar
street last night?" That question was
asked by many people on the streets
| this morning.
The tragedy occurred last evening
shortly aften ten o'clock. Passenger
train No. AZ OF the Milwaukee road.
bound for Wells. left the Mankato de-
, pot at 1905. Engineer Louis Nelson
gas at the throttle. The train had just
crossed Poplar street. and was round
: irg the curve just before coming op-
posite the Jessup transfer storage
house, when the engineer saw dark
spot ahead on the track.
Louis at first thought this dark
! spot was just a patch where the snow
/ had happened to melt" related the
+, fireman. F. l.. Peck. today. Mr.. Peck
was on the train from Wells. when Il
| arrived this morning shortly before
eleven o'clock. The train was going
| round the curve. and when the light
struck the spot. IL looked to Louis like
bundle of clothes. He thought in an
instant that IL might be man. and
| he threw or the air-brake, at the
| same time exclaiming, What was
that?' The train was stopped but not
In time TO avoid hitting the man. We
found the body under the train. We
stayed right there for an hour and a
half. Our conductor, w. II. Terry, at
| once got word to the coroner. We did
not leave until the coroner came and
the body was taken care Of"
| Conductor Terry said: II should
judge he was a man OF about forty.
dressed like a laborer. could see the
black wiskers on his chin. though the
head was smashed. The left hand also
was badly mashed. The brains were
scattered along the track"
| Rody Lay Under Smoking Car.
Llcyd Jessup said this morning
''The body lay under the smoking car,
when | got TO the scene OF the acci-
| dent a little after ten o'clock II was.
! should think. about 800 feet from
the Poplar street crossing. and about
| 100 feet from our storage house. I
saw that part of the skull lying near
the track The train consisted OF an
engine. baggage car and two coaches.
the front one being smoker The
| body was on the track under the front
| trucks of the smoker. The man had
cn light corduroy pants, and overalls
| over them. He also wore an overall
Jacket. This was sort OF drawn up
| over his face, so that | could not see
t. There was black hat nearby. cut
In two by the train. Ii was quite dark.
| except for tho light of a torch and
scme fash lights that the officers
| had"
Statement From Coroner.
Coroner A. @. Liedloff, after full
Investigation of the matter. gave out
the following statement shortly be
fore noon today:
THE train pulled ont at 1906. 1t
was No. AZ. The conductor was w.
II. Terry; tho engineer. Louis Nell
son, and the fireman. F. l.. Peck. AS
they were rNuHding the curve near
the foot of Liberty street the engi-
neer noticed biack spot between the
rails. but r'any such spots are now
caused by the melting here and there
OF the snow. As he got closer, Il
looked like bundle of rags: then he
got still closer and saw that 1t was a
human being.
HE threw on the air and stopped
the train but II was too late. The
body was terribly mangled. II was
dragged about 120 feet, as was shown
by the rl"rks on the ground.
There WAS an odor Of liqror about
the mans body. As far as his ideh- :
tity is concerned. this has not been
established. ra"3 little hope that
the man will ever b. identified.
at is the body OF man between
thirty-five and forty years of age.
He was between five feet eight inches
and five feet nine inches tall. He had
black hair with no gray i'm il. He
wore II in the pompadour style. He
had a black mustache. About one
weeks growth appeared on the rest
of his face, and II appeared that that
was the last time he had haircut.
as IL was not a new one. He had
brown eyes. His weight appeared TO
be 100 to 165 pounds. He was we'll
developed with little or no fat.
| Had Handsome Hands.
| THE man had very shapely hands,
which were little calloused II at all.
He had the most handsome hands I
ever saw on a man. The left was an
esDecially pretty hand.
| ""Tfe teeth were nearly all present
and in good shane. There were no
I filings. One tooth. the second dou-
BILE tooth on the right hand side OF
the lower Jaw was missing.
| "He had on a pair of cotton cor
duroy pants and pair of blue jean
overalls. His suspenders were OF the
same material. sewed on with CON-
mon cotton string such as is used for
: wrapping, He had light weight dark
blue vest, with a fine white stripe
one inch apart. His shirt had a
! pleated bosom with blue stripe. II
was q good Quality. His underdraw- :
ers were of ribbed cotton and defects
in the same were repaired with Dia-
mond salt sacks. sewed on with COM
. mon white cotton twine. He had q
black cap with a visor that had
turned down flaps. that were lined
with sheep fr,r. His overshirt was q
Blabrigga-. He had pair OF gray.