The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-10-30
WAS KILLED BY
|NTERURBAN GAR
Charles Morey, a Warsaw Teamsser,
Struck on Saturday Might
Happened Near Cedar
Glen.
SLEEPING ON THE TRACK
According to Evidence Given at the
coroners Jury Inquess-Was
Going Home From
keoku<.
SLEEPING ON THE TRACK

| Charles Morey of Warsaw, team
/ ster, was struck and instantly killed
by an interurban car at IL: 80 o'clock
Saturday night. The accident occurr-
ed on stretch Of track between Crys-
tai and Cedar Glens on the Illinois
side of the river.
According to the testimony given at
the coroner's inquest Morey was sit
ting on one Of the rails OF the track
with his head bowed down over his
body. apparently asleep.
| The motorman on the car saw the
man when about fifty feet away and
| the emergency brakes we've put on but
the car could not be stopped in time and
Morey was struck and dragged for
thirty feet.
/! Body Taken TO Hamilton.
| When the car was stopped It was
found that Morey was dead The body
| had been cut and mangled. The re-
mains were taken back to Hamilton on
a special car that was sent over the
river and the inquest was held yester-
day morning. The verdict OF the jury
was that Morey had been killed by be-
ing accidentally struck by an interur-
ban car.
It is said that Morey left Warsaw
on last Wednesday afternoon, coming
to Keokuk. He remained here until
Saturday. Evidently he started 20
walk home on Saturday night and sat
down on the track and went to sleep.
Struck by No. 1903.
The car that struck Morey was No
Jos. The motorman was Jacob Wahrer
and the conductor, G. V. Wickland. The
car left Keokuk at II o'clock after the
minstrel show had let out.
After leaving Hamilton 1t was run
ming about twenty-five miles an hour.
At the place where the man was struck
between Crystal and Cedar Glens. the
track was nearly forty feet from the
wagon road and is on an embankment
twenty feet high.
Motorman Wahrer told the coroner's
jury that he first saw the man when
he was fifty feet away. He was sitting
On the rail- nearest the river with his
head bowed down on his knees. The
emergency brakes were put on but the
car could not be stopped and Morey
was struck. The car ran thirty feet
farther before it finally came to stop,
Carrying .he man with it.
Special Car Sent.
Keokuk was Immediately notified OF
the accident by telephone and a special
car was sent down. A. L. Macarthur,
Hamilton undertaken and acting cor
| oner, was called. After the body had
| been taken off the track, the first car
I proceeded with its passengers On to
| Warsaw.
The body was brought back to Ham
| ilton on the special.
The inquest was held at 1880
o'clock Sunday morning at Hamilton.
Judge ]. H. Crawford presided in the
absence of the coIbner. Mr.. Wahrer
and Mr.. Wickland both testified. their
stories covering the ground outlined
above.
Marshal Bennett and Arthur Kuse OF
Warsaw identified the body and testi-
fed that Morey had been addicted to
drink Charles Duncan OF keokuk.
bro:her-in-law of the dead man also
identified the body. Mr.. Macarthur told
of getting the body.
Description Of injuries.
His description Of the injuries was
as follows Right hand almost sever
ed al. wrist, both arms fractured near
shoulder blades. right leg fractured
between knee and ankle, neck broken.
back broken, lungs and heart crushed
and ruptured, chest punctured.
The jury found that Morey had come
to his death by being accidentally
struck by an interurban car.
Morey was about thirty-two years of
age and unmarried. He worked at
Warsaw as teamster. He is survived
bv his mother and two sisters, Miss
Mary Morey q Warsaw and Mrs. Chas.
Duncan OF Keokuk.