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Killed By The Cars

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Parent Issue
Day
11
Month
January
Year
1895
Copyright
Public Domain
Obituary
OCR Text

Frederick Schleyer was struck by an east bound freight train at about twenty minutes to four o'clock yesterday afternoon, and thrown f rom the track with a fractured skull and both legs broken. The accident occurred about a quarter of a mile this side of Fosters. The freight train wás an extra. The engineer saw Schleyer, who was walking east on the track, and blew his whistle, about fifty car lengths before the train struck him, but Schleyer paid no heed to the whistle. The pilst of the engine struck his feet and he was thrown from the track. Death must have been instantaneous. The train was stopped, but not until it had passed his body. The remains were picked up and brought on the train to this city. Schleyer's skull was fractured from ear to ear, and both legs were broken. Schleyer was at work in Wagner's tailor shop yesterday morning. He stated to his fatnily yesterday morning that he was going to Steeb's, near Fosters, to order wood, and it was supposed he was on this errand when struck. A coroner's jury was empanelled last evening, with W. A. Clark, Eujene K. Frueauff, Arthur Crawford, August Blaess, W. G. Snow and M. C. Peterson as jurors, and the inquest was fixed for ten o'clock this morning. Mr. Schliyer was a man well past fifty years of age, and was born in Wurtemberg, Germany. He resided on West Fifth street, and leaves a wife and six children. The four old r children are named Fred, Mary, William and Emily. Before K . marriage he worked for Christiart Eberbach. He was s tailor by trarle, and for many years has been employed by William Wagner. For a number of years he was also sexton of Bethlehem church. When Coroner Ball examined the pockets, he found a State Savings bank book and a purse containing 25 cents.