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\\OKK FOR I.VMII.Tin* IH.tholU.il uiilt;! Murtluiuu* Workof a Traui|i.He Hindu a Hoy to the Tmk Who la Killedby the Cora.— Lust Tuesday a 1 year old sou of Michm 1 Cant*ell, of Peoria, was »n king westward along the 1 H .1: W railroad truck, between Pekin and Leslie, homeward hound with a hat; of potatoes A tramp unseen approached, threw a rope around hla I tody, bound him hand and foot, tied him to a rail and thru left. A western hound passenger train «u about this time due at this point. dram the train lt;auie rushing down upon the ta»y, yet fastened to the rail He waa seen t»v the engineer, hut too late Thetrain passed o?er him He was knocked on the outside of the track by the engine's pilot This saved immediate destruction The train was hacked up, the hoy taken on board and carried to Pakiu. That night he died of his injuries.Descriptions of the man, as given by the hoy, were telegraphed all along the line A man hoarded the train at Treruoiit who answered the description. He earn* to this cite and was arrested while stepping utt the train «»n Thursday his trial was held at pekln. Nine tenths of the evidence went to show that the hoy had been tied to the track. Three men saw the tramp run away from the railroad, and at the trial descried such a man. Tha testimony of a Mr. Ilolwletler turned the course the evident*had previously taken. He swore thai the man suspected wa* with him In his wagon when the train passed, and that together the? saw the trsln The Jury, after a short delay, returned with a verdict that the hoy came to his death by violent treatment at the hands of some person unknown to the Jury. The l'ekln people were universally melted over the atlsir, and for a luue lynching was threatened
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Bloomington Weekly Pantagraph
Bloomington, Illinois, US
Fri, Aug 19, 1881
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