The Nezperce herald. (Nezperce, Idaho) 1900-1957, 1923-02-01

Attorney chas. H. Chance Killed BY
Train; Mark Howe Victim
OF Cancer.

lewiston for the past seven year
md prominent member of the Ne
erce county bar, died shortly afte
O'Clock Monday morning at White
hospital as the result of being strucl
IN the engine of the outbound Lewis
on- Spokane passenger train, leaving
he union station at 1915 O'Clock
noon) Sunday. The terrible accidenf
incurred on the main line track at !
pint Immediately at the rear of tho
IS plant at Twentytfirst street and
e far as can be learned, there were
M eye witnesses.
~ brain, two fractures of the skull
~ injury in the right temple, a num-
eer of serious injuries about the head
md the crushing to pulp Of his right
I'm.
The train was travelling at slow
rate of speed, as is customary until
outside the city limits; in fact, was
not going more than Is miles an hour,
tn when the pilot beam struck Mr..
Chance the cars travelled only dis
tanee of 80 feet when brought TO q
stop
Those in charge of the train were
Gonductor Mcneil, Engineer Blount
otd Fireman Frank Kinzer.
The incidents leading up to the ac-
eident, as reported in the Tribune, are
- follows:
For years it has been the custom,
Weather permitting, for Mr.. Chance
a. Sunday mornings to take long
walk or to either indulge in his favor
ite sport of fishing. Sunday morn
Ing about 10:3N O'Clock he started
ont from his home at 9O9 Tenth ave-
nne, carrying his fishing pole, reel and
1uch other articles as would become r
trip of this character. A small can
6lled with worms formed part of
kds equipment. Before leaving home
IN spoke to Mrs. Marshall Hyde, a
next door neighbors and suggested
fhat it would be fine thing for Mr..
Hyde to accompany him, but this plan
did not materialize.
At is presumed, owing to the length
* time intervening between the time
MI Chance left home and the hour
ho met with the accident, that he had
hshed in different parts of the Clear
Weter to the west of Twenty first
street, and meeting with little success
II decided to journey farther east.
81 any event, when struck by the
pilot beam he was walking along the
s13e of the ties to the south side of
Eh6 main line track. Just about 600
Ieet west of where the engine struck
l8r Chance the tracks enter upon a !
surve, this continuing for distance |
,f several hundred feet, the straight !
Lway run starting about where he
~ struck.
Being hard of hearing in his left
III, an affliction known only, to his c
n4mate friends, those who investi- y
Iated the accident believe that this |
M undoubtedly the cause of the
xekic affair. The side of the engine
MI struck Mr.. Chance is what -
ernad the fireman side" and !
wing to the train just leaving the ]
nv on its run it would seem that the
ireman was busily engaged in pre- I
airing his work in anticipation of q
ut run when outside the municipal
Imits
The first intimation that something !
IA happened came with IA shrill
cream of the engines whistle and /
~ throwing on of all brakes. This
ction would lead one to think that J
ut when very few feet from Mr..
nance, and there being no possible
hance to escape hitting him, the
izeman noticed his presence and r
1ve the signal to the engineer, or a
fther he blew the whistle himself. s
was too late, however, and Charles t
Chance became the victim of an u
nfortunate accident. n
Yesterday found practically every Il
exson in the city discussing Mr.. I
hance g death. At the court house s,
here he was regular caller and
mong the best liked of men, his s,
cath seemed to cast shadow of sor- f
~ over the entire building. The is
sfvice of Charles II. Chance to the b
~ of Lewiston was invaluable. Ev- f,
y medical attention that could be il
administered to one in Mr.. Chance 's Il
nndition was carried out.
NJ Chance, who was past 40 years Fl
age, had long been resident of "
'eWiston and his professional duties le
I'd brought him in contact with many O.
eople of this upper country, where O.
q was highly esteemed and where O.
is untimely end is deeply deplored. ii
The Passing of Mark Howe. "
lark Howe, one of the best known
~ in Idaho and pioneer of this 81
!ete, died at st. Joseph's hospital in W