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RAILROAD BLAMED FORJOHN DEUSCHLE'S DEATH,In Not CloiiMf G*t*i or HiTlng Employi G**rd ■ Cr*iilnirWhflr*P*oe»ifid Vf*# Killed by TralB.The inquest over the remains of John Deusehle, the man'who met death by being struck by the 4:35 southbound train Sunday afternoon, was hold in the coroners office in the courthouse this morning.* Quite a number of wiLnesses testified as to the surroundings at that point and gave the details of the accident. • Mrs, Mary Otson was the first witness called. She testified to standing near the window in a house where she was calling located near the track and ball park. The train from the south had just passed and a rumble in the north denoted, the approach of another, 'JPhc„lt;leee«i*lt;l and his wife were riding from the east, the horse going quite slow, “1 looked up again as ii to locate the people. They had now reached the track, and the same in si ant the train struck Hiem. I hoard the train whistle for the crossing several short blasts, but did not know if the bell was ringing. The gates obstructing the crossing were not lowered.”Alex J. Horliek, the next witness called, had crossed the track a few minutes before the accident. “I saw-, the train coining from the north. Did, not see a carriage behind my own* Tid not hear the blast of the whistle, but believed the bell was ringing/*j. W. Beaver us, -the engineer, testified to blowing the crossing and stauou whJail es, and ns he crossed I lit* snot where the accident occurred he felt a slight jar of the locomotive. lie shut oil' .-Team, applied brakes and brought irflin to a standstill in about 1,200 feet.City Attorney Hock assisted the coroner, with Attorney Lukes, while for the railroad company Wallace Ingalls asked the questions with the assistance of it number of the company's a flic iu Is.-iftcr the above witnesses liud been examined the case* was turned over to the jury* who, after some arguing, brought in tliL* following verdict;‘‘To, the jury, find that John .Deusohic came to his death by being struck by pasenger train No. 14, of the Chicago Northwestern railway, on the 29lh day of April, 1000, through the neglect of the said company, by not,closing ihc guard gates, ‘which thIft crossing- is supplied with, nor guarding the crossing bv any employee of the company/'The funeral of unfortunate John ])cuschle will take place from Marten’s undertaking rooms to-morrow afternoon at 2 o’clock.
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Racine Journal
Racine, Wisconsin, US
Thu, May 03, 1900
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