Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1916-07-26
MANCLED BODY is
FOUND ON TRACKS
John MarshO. Employe of the Mar
settles Plant Meets Horrible Death
mt City Crossing.
SUFFERS MANY HOURS ALONE
Carrying Bundle Of Rugs and Wear
ing Apparel when >truck-Nlfe
Left Behind in Europe.

Latest victim Of train accident in
Moline is John MarshO, 20 years OLD,
who met a horrible death when he
was struck by an eaStbound Rock Is
land train some time after 10 last
night His lifeless body was found at
Twenty-seventh street crossing at
80 this morning by another train
crew, the skull crushed, back broken
and right foot cut off. 1t is believed
that the man lived for some hours,
suffering intense agony, before the end
came
Mystery surrounds the mans pres
ence on the track He had on his per-
son two clothes lines, a rug, carpet,
woman's skirt and several other ar
ticIes Of clothing Where he got
these and what he intended to do
with them is q question which authori-
ties have been unable TO answer. The
load was almost more than one man
could carry and it is thought that
they kept the victim from rising when
he fell on the track.
MarshO who was an emplOye OF the
Marseilles company, East Moline, left
the shop at ) last evening. He lived
with his brother, Andrew Marsho, 222
Thirty-fourth street, but did not re-
turn there He is thought to have
wandered around Moline till about 9
last evening He was then seen in
the vicinity of the water works. 1t IS
not believed that the man was intoXi-
Gated He did not have the cOnglOm-
Grafton of articles which he was carry
ing when the tragedy occurred, when
seen near the water works, and was
alone.
When discovered by a train crew
early this morning the body was
q. \. # 4E1sN
track Coroner r. c. J. Meyer was
notified and remains were later taken
to the Knox morgue. An inquest will
be conducted by the coroner commenc-
ing at this evening and an effort to
unravel the mystery connected with
the death will be made.
Wife Waits in Bohemia
While the body of Marsho lies in the
Moline mOTgue, the young wife whom
he married shortly before coming to
America, is waiting in Bohemia, of
which country the train yictim-was
native. She expects to soon receive
word from her husband and then she
intends to start alone for America,
where they had planned to make their
home John came here more than
year ago and had had steady work
since. being at the Marseilles plant the
greater portion of the lime The
young couple had planned TO save
money during the period of their sepa-
ration which would put them in COM
Portable circumstances later in life.
John Marsha had lived with his
brother Andrew ever since coming
here. but had had his own portion of
the house. cooked his own meals and
lived a bachelors existence. For this
reason, it was not thought strange
when he did not return last evening.
The train victim was born in BO-
hernia in May, 1891. No arrangements
for the burial will be made till after
the Coroner's probe.
Late this afternoon the clothes
which the man had in his possession
when struck by the train were identi-
fed as belonging to John Feeley, night
Waterman at the Beder Wood plant.
Feeley had taken of his street clothes
and put on his working garb in the
waterworks building, where his broth
er is employed A pipe stock, taken
from the citys plant was also found
near wnere Marsho was killed Sup
position is that he got the clothes by
climbing through an open window
which fronts the river.