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PUSHED BEFORE A TRAIN. .A Constable Killed and .Ills PrisonerHurt In un Attempt to Rescue tli»Patter.Akron, 6., Oct. IX—Tlie killing of one man.and probably fatal mangling of another at Orrville Friday night turns out to bo. a murder. Coroner Solon Hoydston, o£ Orrvillo, who was acting, as- policeman during the fair, had John Sweeney, said to bo from ' Cleveland, in custody on the depot platform. Sweny saw a pal in the crowd and made a sign to him. The latter stepped up. and. just as a switch engine .was'-going by shoved Boydston in front of it. The coroner | was terribly mangled, and roust hav© died instantly. He retained his grip on Sweeney as ho went and the prisoner was - also run over,. ■ being- -very badly Injured • fie will probably die. The man who did the pushing was caught by the crowd and is now\in eus* tody. lie refuses to give his name. There ia great excitement at Orrville,. where Boydston' was a prominent citizen and highly regarded.
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Jackson Sentinel
Maquoketa, Iowa, US
Thu, Oct 16, 1890
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