The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1923-11-15
Frank Schwartz, Farmer,
Is Run Over on Fox
River Trestle.
BODY BADLY MANGLED
Inquest Scheduled for TOmOr-
row to Investigate Posi-
bility of Foul Play.

Frank S. Schwartz, as years old, a
farmer living one-half mile of the Fox
River station, was killed last night
shortly after II o'clock The engineer
and fireman of westbound train on
the Kenosha division saw the man "
ing motionless between the rails on
the Fox river trestle. The engineer
slammed on the emergency air brake,
but the train was travelling at too high
rate of speed to be brought to a
stop before crushing the mans body.
Truman T. Parker, county coroner,
was Immediately notified and made a
partial investigation of the circum-
stances surrounding the mans death,
late last night.
Whether Schwartz was alive when
the train struck him is the question
which will be thoroughly gone into at
the inquest which is scheduled for l
p. m. tomorrow. The body was badly
managled, the head being crushed, and
the left arm and leg torn off. 1t is
thought that the body passing under
the pilot of the locomotive, was caught
by one of the low hung brake rods
and hurled over on the rail.
Probe for Foul Play.
Schwartz, a bachelor, was last seen
yesterday afternoon by his father who
owns the adjoining farm, when he milk
ed his cows. A light was burning in
his house when the coroner arrived
last night, indicating that he had been
at HON eater dark. The father said
that his son was not accustomed to
either keep large sums of money in
the house, or to carry it on his per-
son. If the man had any enemies their
identity is not known.
According to the relatives Schwartz
was. man of temperate habits, and
was accustomed to reading a great
deal He subscribed to newspapers
from Kenosha, Chicago, Milwaukee
and St. Paul. After supper it was his
custom to sit down and read for sew
eral hours.
Whether he had any visitors last
night is not known because of the fact
that he lives alone. If the man was
murdered, the crime was not commit
ted in the house for there was no in
dication of a struggle.
The advisability of posting the body
is being considered by the officials.
There is possibility that Schwartz
may have met his death elsewhere and
the body been placed on the tracks to
conceal the traces of the crime. The
stomach may be removed and sent to
the state laboratories at Madison for
an examination to determine if there
is any trace of poison.
There is another theory that the
man may still have been alive when
the train hit him. The trestle is about
quarter of mile from his home, and
the most direct route to the town of
Silverlake which lies two and one-half
miles distant It is known that he
occasionally walked the track.
The possibility that he stumbled in
the darkness and in falling struck his
head with sufficient force to render
him unconscious would account for
his lying motionless on the tEack.
Body at Burlington.
The remains we're taken to the Me-
earthly undertaking establishment at
Burlington. The jury which will re-
view the facts tomorrow is composed
of the following men: Charles Koh-
Ter, George Daisy, John Miller, H.
Hoffman,, Henry Vanderzee, and, C. R.
Hagerty.