The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1929-10-05
UNIDENTIFIED MANIS
CUT TOS|AITHEREENS
BY WHEELS Of train
Mangled Torso Found Strew,1
in Pieces Along Right-of-
Way in Mandan

An unidentified man was ground
to bits under the wheels Of wcstbound
Northern Pacific No S between the
Missouri river bridge and the Mandan
depot last night.
Only clue to the dead mans iden-
tity was a notebook bearing the name
Joseph Picard, Greenough, Mont.
Authorities expressed the belief to-
day that the man had fallen from the
blinds" First traces of the accident
were discovered 100 yards west of the
bridge and it is believed he fell at
that point.
Portions of the nlangled body were
discovered at daylight this morning
In the Mandan yards by Conductor
Frank Laughlin of extra IT'S west.
A search carried on by railroad men
revealed parts Of the man were scat
tered along the right-of- way for a
mile.
Section workers. 1t was reported.
were still searching for one foot and
a part Of the mans arm this morn
ing.
When the passenger train reached
Mandan last night. car inspectors
discovered broken hose connection.
It was damaged. they believed. when
1t struck the mans body which had
fallen between the rails. A part of
the connection was found where tho
accident occurred.
Can't Reach Montana
Attempts this morning of the cor
Oner to call authorities at Greenough
were halted by disabled telephone
lines In western Montana Greenough
Is located 81 miles from Missoula,
Mont Whether the dead man was
Picard or was OIL his way to visit Pi-
card was matter Of conjecture this
morning.
Railroad men found watch and a
fountain pen on the tracks, believed
to be the property Of the dead man.
A doctors examination placed the
mans age at about Is years and his
weight at l4O to $50 pounds. He was
clothed in q green mackinaw coat,
striped brown and black overalls, a
light brown hat and tan shoes.
Exactly how the tragedy occurred
will forever remain a mystery, au-
thoritieS here said. Because Of the
badly mangled condition Of the body,
they discounted the theory that he
had been run down by No. SIS loco
motive or that he had thrown him
self In the path OF the limited. He was
either riding the blinds or the rods.
With parts Of the body so widely
scattered, It was believed an arm or
leg had caught fast beneath the
train. Pieces Of the man were then
left on the tracks Is the train sped
| toward Mandan. It was possible for
the man to have been caught In the
steam hose should he have fallen
from the rods
1umors Proved False
Early reports Of the accident indi-
Gated . woman had been killed and
stu another that both Q man and
woman had been ground to death
Examination of the remains by doc
tor proved these stories false.
| The coroner expected he would be
able to communicate with authorities
at 0reenough late this afternoon. Any
disposition Of the remains awaits wore
from there.
It was the third death under trair
wheels In the Nandan vicinity in 1
month. Ted e0lum. Northern Pa.
cific conductor, was decapitated ii
the Mandan yards. Ten days ago
Charles Morris. = transient. was "a.
tally injured two miles west Of Man
dan when he fell from m easthouns
freight train.
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