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1.J. C. Chevalier Run Down and Killed bythe Santa Fe Fluff Train.S-afc;UiedS-3dusso1-o-)T1al3drsinleerly ij J. F. Chevalier met a horrible death ty I at the dangerous crossing of the San-| ta Fe track at the north end of New 1-j Hampshire street a few minutes be.-; fore 8 o’clock this morning. The i death can be attributed partly to the T * carelessness of the dead man and J!t; partly to the unlawful speed'of the ! train within the city limits. The ter-Y*-i rible accident was witnessed by J. A.I Henley, of the barb wire factory, Ed.! Monk] of the Douglas County Mills, j.I and others. Mr. Chevalier had driven ! his team to the south side of the rail-1 road track and left it standing be- tween the paper mill and barb wire -y I factory, while he walked across the ^ ! track to see if it was clear. He had j brought his wagon and team for the I purpose of hauling some scrap wire ‘ belonging to J. D. Bowersock awayfrom near the warehouse where it was piled, to the north end of the dam. . The jnorning passenger train of the Santa Fe come in from the wesi just at this moment, running at a speed which must have been far in excess of six miles an hour. Mr. Monk says that Mr. Che valier evidently saw or heard the train coming, for he started to run across the track, probably to attend to his horses which were'stauding unhitched. The cow catcher of the engine caught him and lie was lifted up andthrown with terrific forceagainst the boiler head, carried a distance of twelve or fifteen feet and dropped to .the left of the track. His if* j skull was broken and mashed in a horrible manner, his right arm broken and his shoulder dislocated..Blood flowed from the wounds in the head in large quantities. The train stopped about one block farther ir j on and the trainmen came back to learn the seriousness of the accident. Dr. Anderson and Coroner Horner were telephoned for | immediately, and the former arriving • first, said that nothing could be done I for the unfortunate man. Dr. Hornor ie arriving later examined the wound and fopnd that the skull was crushed in upon the brain and decided to attempt the operation of raising it. After the man had been carried into the. ( paper.mill this operation was coin-1 j j menced, but found to be useless, as 1 ‘pieces of the er n urn had been a lorced into the brain. Death came a few minutes before 9 o’clock, or about one hour after the aecient occurred. There are two crossings at the point ,s where the accident occurred fnot public, however), one leading to Bowersock’s mill and the other to the river. Mr. Chevalier was struck atone crossing and carried to the other . • one, his head striking the end of the j plank at the latter where the body dropped from the enpne. On the end of this plank considerable of the dead man’s hair but no blood was found, showing that he fell head first from the cow catcher and very close to the track.The remains have lain the greater part of the day in the undertaking establishment of R. \V. -Robertson and i at 8 o’clock this afternoon the eoro-I* ! ner had not had a jury empanneled toern-r-n trkr-1SI*leisa-W-*fi f *’Ileiniei-* ctfaid i-i •?rhold an inquest although he said that (j I such would be held.John F. Chevalier was about 72 ; ears of age and was a French i an by birth. He came to Douglas county about twenty-live years ago and lived on a fine farm in the bottom between tnis city and Eudora many years. He i traded the place to a man named j Pavey a few years ago and tiie two * ; men have had no end of trouble in I the courts over it and other matters. ! Du in *• the last term of court Mr. ' Cheva ier was awarded 8800 aga:n %tI Pav v by a jury in a case m I wnicn the transfer of the land was I i alleged to be fraudulent. The de-^ i censed was the father of about tenl“ j ch 1 Iren by his first wife, from whom.e j he was divorced. His last home was cn p | touth New Jersey street where l e lived with his second wife. Mr. 1 ■ Chivaiier leaves behind him many ! friends.
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Lawrence Daily Record
Lawrence, Kansas, US
Mon, Jun 15, 1891
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