FRIGHTFUL DEATH
Falls Cetween Cars While Train
Is at High Rate of Speed, and
Body Terribly Mangled.
Tlie remains of Fred Freeman,
the Burlington brakeman, who
was killed near Cullom cslcrday
afternoon at about 1 2 :;!, were
brought l this city on a .special
train yesterday afternoon, reach
ing here at i o'clock, and at once
taken to the undertaking rooms
of Slroight & Stroighl, where Hies
wore made ready for burial.
It was apparent from the
nature of the terrible wounds that
the man must have slipped while
crossing from one car to another
and fell belween the ears and was
run oer, as lie was almost cut in
two find I he sight was a most hor
rible one to view. Mr. Freeman
was only 23 years of age and re
sided in Omaha and had been en
gaged in running from Lincoln to
Creston, but was on an extra yes
terday coming out of Omaha for
the west, lie was a (lno looking
young man and was unmarried,
but his relatives reside in Omaha,
and his brot her, William Freeman,
arrived last, evening on No. 2 to
look after the body and see that it
was conveyed to his home. He
was not aware that bis brother
bad been in Omaha and did not
know that he was not on bis reg
ular run until the news of his
death reached him.
The lineman who found the un
fortunale man bad passed Ihe
extra aluml len minutes before be
discos ered I lie body, coming in on
Hie east-Jiound track silh a
'velocipede, while the train ssas
bound for the west. As soon as
possible I be depot in t his city was
not ilied . and the train made up
ami sent out, ssilh the doctor and
the deputy sheriff to lake charge
of the body. The accident hap
pened between Cedar Creek and
C.ullom and the body was found
lying along the truck ssilh the
bead lying farthest assay from
the rails, and aside from the ter
rible lacerations across the
abdomen the rest of I he body ssas
apparently not marked up, al
though all the bones in the part
of the body over which the wheels
passed were broken, and a knife
and some money that were in the
pants porkel were cut and mashed
in bad shape.
Coroner Clements arrived this
morning from Klmssood and at
once impaneled a jury, consist
ing of Frank Gobcltnan, Jesse
Terry, C. I,. Merger. John Hall,
Kd Mason and Philip Thierolt.
The jury ssas taken to the under
inking rooms to siesv the bods
and an adjournment laken until
10 o'clock, when No. J brought
home of I lie witnesses here from
Omaha ami Lincoln.
Mr. John Slory. the lineman,
sho found Freeman, was the llrsl
witness examined by 1 ho jury, lie
hlaled that he discovered I be body
while coming east on the gas car;
be slopped and fell, the pulse of
(he man. but did not search the
body to identify it. He went back
In the section house, near Cedar
Creek and procured the assistance
of tsso men, whom he brought
back with him, and they look the
bods to the Cullom depot, where
it remained until the train from
IMaltsmouth came out to gel it.
lie slated here ssas some snosv in
ihe center of the I rack and oul
hide I he lies; I here were no murks
of aii.slhing being dragged there,
but there ssas marks as if some
thing bad fallen or struck in Ihe
center of Ihe hack, about llfleen
feet from the head of Ihe body,
which was Is ing a I about an angle
of 'i't degrees ssith the hack, and
Unit the bead ssas lower than Ihe
feet on I he .smith side of the
(racks; Ihe cap of Ihe man was
found about len feet from Ihe
body ami live feet from the marks
in Ihe (rack; Ihe dead man was
dressed in blue serge trousers, tan
Klines and jumper. Mr. Story
Haled there was no side-track
where Ihejiody was found.
Mr. Coiiners, one of the men
who ssas called upon lo assist in
removing Mie body lo Cullom, was
called next, lie stated (hat they
were jn starling out lo work
when Mr. Story arrived and re
quested Ihem to go with him, as
a man was badly hurl, and in roiii.
pr.ny ssilh him and Mr. Dasher,
Ihey got on Ihe gas car and went
lo where liio body was lying and
assisted in placing it on I ho car
and took it to Cullom, where it
was later placed on Ihe train from
I'lallsniouth. He slated that a cap
was lying in the. center of the
I rack; the fet of I ho. man were
bing at the end of tho ties and
bis In ad was lower nnd a little
: ,c- I i.f hie f. rt a: d 1 1: at Hi- !i--.:d
wa-i sfscial iiii ln in I in- sinisv.
II.' i.'scnbd the clothing the
same as I be preceding wilne.. lie
a'so staled liial there were some
blond stains on I lo- -outh rail,
about lliteell feet from sshece Ihe
body ssas found, ami it seemed as
if the wheels had parsed over Ihe
man's stomach, from die marks
oil I In' cbd hing. lie did llo tint jee
ans marks in the track, toil did
not pay much allciilion to fhi-,;
the rap ssas about eight reel I'roiu
Ihe body. It was about I ::t."i when
I hey reached the scene of the ac
cident, and about 1:10 when Mi'.
Storv came In g'd tlu-in; Ihe scene
of Ihe ncirdeiil ssas about four
miles from Cedar Creek, lie did
not notice any marks of the body
being dragged along the track.
W illiam Dasher of Cedar Creek,
Ihe section man, sv bo assisted in
picking up Freeman's bod, slated
Ihal when Mr. Story notified I hem
to come and pick up Ihe body be
and Connors got on the gas car
ssilh Slory and went at once to the
scene of Ihe accident and placed
Ihe body on Ihe gas car and took
it to Culloni to await the train
from IMaltsmouth. The body was
about tbree-ipiarters of a mile
west of the Cullom station. He
sasv no blood where the body lay,
but there were some stains on the
south rail and marks of wheels
and grecse on the clothing of the
man. The marks, as if something
had fallen in the track, were about
Isso feet from the rails. He
noticed marks on the snow that
the seams in the man's clothes
bad left. This ssas about fifteen
feel from when! the body lay.
The cap was picked up about op
posite where the body lay, but lie
did not notice this very closely.
Did not lr to identify the body by
searching it, but turned it over to
the gentlemen who came up from
this city on the I rain, lie did not
mdice any tares in Ihe clothing
except on (he man's stomach and
on one leg of Ihe trousers befsveen
Ihe knee and ankle. There ssere
no signs of the body being drag
ged. He staled it ssas about 1
when they reached the body and
about .'( o'clock when Ihe special
Irain arrived lo get, the body, lie
described Ihe clothing Ihe same as
the previous wilnesses had and
also staled thai the blood stains
on Ihe rail were about live feet
east of w here I lie body was found,
ami I hat I be head ssas resting
about a fool and a half lower than
Ihe feel, which were oil a level
Willi Ihe track. There ssere no
blood stains apparent except on
Ihe one rail.
A. F. Sesbert. who had been
summoned, staled that while he
ssas engaged in hauling strasv,
near Cullom, he saw two trains
pass there, one of Ihem going
west and the oilier east. He saw
Ihe brakeinan working at Ihe
switch and saw him climb up the
ladder on what lie thought was a
box-car, but be was not positive.
Me also saw Hie man standing on
Ihe car laler, toward Ihe end of
Ihe car, bul bad not paid much
attention to Ihe mailer. The
train was not running more than
live miles an hour when he saw it;
he was nnf clnse enough to
identify the man be saw on Ihe
Irain as Freeman. Had not beard
of the accident until he returned
home and was told that inquiries
had been made about the mailer
from IMaltsmouth. lie I hen went
lo where Ihe man was found, but
did not notice closely; saw Dash
er and another man measure wilh
lapcline distance from body to
blood stains and heard them slate
it was fifteen feel, seven inches.
Saw I ho blood stains on I rack.
From scene of accident lie went lo
Cullom, where (he man was, and
from there returned home.
C. A. Tayloi;,, conductor, was
sworn and staled I hat he was in
charge of an eMra freight yester
day, running from South Omaha
to Lincoln, via Fort Crook, having
left Soul li Omaha at 8:115, and that
they had arrived at CuMom at
11:50 and received orders lo wail
there for the east-bound freight,
which they did; that F. L. Free
man was Ihe head brakeman on
the train and bad opened the
switch for Ihem to sidetrack. The
last lime be saw Freeman was af
ter they started out of Cullom,
when be saw him on top of a stock
car, probably twenty-five cars
back from the engine. He had
gone over the (rain when II. ey
were entering Louisville, and bad
not found Freeman. He asked the
engineer, who stated thai he was
probably back on Ihe Irain some
where. On reaching South Bend
a message awaited them asking if
a brakeman was missing, and
lolling of tho accident, ami this
was tho first intimation they had
of Freeman's death. 'J'ho train
stopped for water at Louisville.
Mr. Taylor slated that his train
had about 78 cars in it and na
near as ha could toll Freeman was
about 25 cars back when ho last
saw him. Ho had never soon
Freeman uulil he -u"M'l up f i
ss oi k s e-ti rdas .
Aflep the examination of c
r.il oilier witnesses the jury re
tired about 1 :;(0 p. in., and after
deliberating for a fess minutes
brought in a verdict that Freeman
came to Ins death by being run
ser bs a tin x ing freight train of
Ihe C, It. - O. It. H., while in the
discharge of his duties as a brake- 1
man for -aid company, ami in a
manner unknoss n to the jury.
GRAND LODGE OF
To Ce Held in Plattsmouth Four
Days, Beginning Tuesday, !
January 21. '
A meeting that will be of great
importance is scheduled for Tues
day, January ill, in this cily, when
the grand lodge of the Kalolicky
Delnik (Catholic Workmen) meets
in the Kalolicky Sokol ball for
four days for their eleventh an
nual meeting. This lodge is one
of the largest lloheniian fraternal
orders in the country and has a
membership extending all over
the country, and it is rapidly
growing.
There will be about llfly dele
gates here for the convention,
representing the different lodges
throughout the country, and a
most interesting and important
session is looked for. The dele
gales will be accommodated at the
llolel Hiley, arrangements having
been completed wilh Mr. Dunbar
to take care of Ihem. !Matl
iiioulh is very highly honored by
this order, the president being J.
M. Jerousek, and the grand chap
lain. Itev. Father John Vlcek,
bolh of this cily. The committee
lo make the advance arrange
ments for Ihe holding of (he
grand lodge will ai rive a
before the meeting and
OA das s
perfei t
Ihe arrangements.
This will be i if ( he biggest
meetings thai will be held here
Ibis year, and our citizens ought
to Iry and shosv Ihe visitors a
royal good lime. On Ihe evening
of Wednesday, January a Bo
hemian play entitled "The Losl
Sisler, or the Two Sorrows," will
be given at the hall for the enter
tainment of Ihe delegates and the
general public, and will be fol
lowed by a lino dance and a gen
eral good time, to which every
one will he welcome.
The local society has appoint
ed a receplion eominiltee consist
ing of Joseph Jelinek, chairman;
Frank J. Liborshnll. Frank Slav
eck, Adolph Koubek, Joseph
Hacek, John A. Libershall, Vincent
Slalinsky, Anion Koubek, Joseph
Hiber and Malt Sedlak, who will
assist in seeing thai the guests
of the cily are received in the
proper manner.
GEORGE HORN JR., TO BE
OPERATED UPON TODAY
This morning J. II. Meisinger
and daughter, Mrs. (ieorgo Horn,
jr., and Mrs. Henry Horn were
passengers fur Omaha, where they
go lo be present at the hospital
this morning when (ieorge Morn,
jr., is operated upon. Mr. Morn
and his father, Henry Horn, went
lo Omaha a few days ago, where,
after an examination, Ihe doctors
in charge decided Ihal an opera
tion would be necessary and
nolilled the relatives here, who at
once hastened to the side of the
patient. Mr. Horn has been in
very poor health for over a sear
and his ailment was dually dis
covered to be (hat of ulcers on
Ihe stomach and an operation was
necessary to give him relief.
The Ropalr of a Damage.
An accidental damage should
be repaired at once lo prevent it
from becoming permanent. A
small repair in lime may save the
whole building, just as a small
dose of a good remedy may save
our life. In our body constant
changes are going on, some of Ihe
cells, of which our body consists,
dying and new ones being born.
If more of them die, there is n
damage which calls for immediate
repair. This damage manifests
itself by weakness of body and
mind, loss of appetite, constipa
tion, headache, pains in different
parts of Ihe body, in short, by a
general disposition. You should
at once use Timer's American
Klixir of Bitter Wine, wiheh will
quickly remove from Ihe body all
impurities, .will strengthen all
organs and repair Ihe damage. At
drug I sores. Jos. Trinor, 1333
30 So. Ashland nvo.. Chicago. 111.
For backache Iry Triimr's Liniment.
CATHOLIG IRKUEH
THE DELINEATOR
IANVARY KH
ft
fill; li'
Dr. Woods Hutchinson be
gins his remarkable new series,
- "The Child and the
School,"
in The Delineator for January.
Every mother should read it.
The Fashion illustrations in
this issue are stunning. Hand
some outdoor designs shown;
coats, suits, etc. Also the very
first Advance Spring Styles.
The Delineator
"The Fashion Authority of the World"
tli
PUnSSOOIH XS S CiGAR
l ess of our cil iens are lulls
aware of the importance of the
cigar manufacturing plants in
this cily and would be surprised
to learn thai more cigars are
manufactured in Ibis cily than in
any other tosvn of its size in the
stale and thai Ihe demand fur Ihe
cigars made here is constantly
increasing. While Ihe number of
factories here lire m as numer
ous as f'orinerls, .-till the out put.
is constantly on the iucreae. The
I'lallsiuoiilli ciirar manufacturers
turn mil a most excellent brand f
cigars, and where Ihey are once
smoked there is alwass found a
good market fur Ihem. A I Ihe
present time there are live fac
tories located here as follosss: li.
i. Wind. I'lak A n.vi-'ck, Itoherl
Itichler, Merman Spies and Wil
liam Weber, and the demand is
gelling greater every day for the
I'lat tsiiioutli cigars; Ihey are sold
in Omaha and Lincoln, us well as
the smaller towns Ihroiighoiit this
seel ion of Hie slate, and they can
not be heal.
.lames Mau.y was a passenger
this afternoon for Omaha to look
after some matters of business for
a few hours.
Mrs. T. K. I'armele and Miss
Kdilh Marl in were passengers this
afternoon for Omaha, whore they
will visit for a few hours.
I Ml I ikl . t lii
n
'j HIZJ -:;.
Vi
ES3322S3SSBBI
D
YlWo
A GREAT REDUCTION OM ALL
Reed's Enameld Ware the Best Ware
Manufactured!
and at Prices that cannot be Duplicated from tho Factory
71 25 PER CENT REDUCTION ON ALL THESE GOODS CZ3
30 Day Sale, Commencing Saturday, Jan. 1 1th
D U B
EZZ3 SUCCESSOR TO JOHN
Jfe Ami
C
11 '
Nlw... -
Liltlo Child Seriously Scalded.
Tu .-day, while the lillle babe
of Mr. ami Mrs. frank Smil.hina
Mis kit alone in Ihe house for a
fess minutes, it pulled a small pail
of seablin-' hot milk off of the
table, and as a result received a
severe scalding that will probably
result in its, death, as the child is
in convulsions and its death is
expected at any moment. The lil
lle one is about a year old and
was scalded all over its body and
presented a most pitiful spectacle.
The family resides in the west
j pari of the oily and are griof
j stricken over the accident ,o Ihcir
: babv.
ICE HARVEST FURNISHES
EMPLOYMENT TO IN
There is no particular reason
for able-bodied men in this city
remaining out of omplnvineiil at
Ihe present time, as the linn of
McMaken & Son are unable lo se
cure sullieient men to assist in
harvesting the ice crop for this
season and have scare!, od the
I own over for men to do this work
and without success. This llrm
has a largo force employed on the
ice oast of the depot and could
use a groat, many more, but some
of Ihe regular loafers decline lo
be drawn into the job, perforring
to sit around and complain of the
scarcity of work and carefully
avoiding tho sight of it.
f. 1 H in IM ' Tfil i I
1 I i I I I r :J
It, i i
- iji i i ...
AMj.iil.t l..1'jA ..-L-Ji.s-A i..: : ' a Li-... . . l i .11'..'"
Ddl-Wiinifer
111
G
n
M
N
4
It
a
I
; ' '4. ; ; J
' i .. i
; i
-FURS-
We are closing out
what we have left at
a big discount. Bet
ter look in and let
us show you.
" " i mm . . JJ-Mfcato.. r
"BEVERLY" AT THE PAR
MELE MONDAY EVENING
Amy Leslie, the famous dra
matic critic of the Chicago News,
in reviewing George McCutcheon's
"lleverly," writes as follows:
"George Barr McCulcheou's
sparkling' romance, 'Beverly, has
been exquisitely transformed by
the scholarly Robert M. Baker in
to a delightful play which was in
troduced to an attentive and en
thusiastic audience at the Slude
baker last night. Tho beautiful
stage pictures. The scenes are
piquant, exciting ami full of ro
mance, fn Ihe third act there, is
a tine "Anthony Hope" sort of
bailie scene with three against,
one, which is quite as pulsing and
genuinely thrilling as anything
Sol hern or Haehell used to do.
Lvery minute detail oT the pro
duction is exact, elegant and
gratifying, and for those who urge
the preservation of clean senti
ment, and rugged adventure
'Heverly' is bound lo delight."
This great play will be at. the
I'armele I heater Monday nUht,
January 20.
The leadiiig man in "The Serv
ant in the House" is an ox-minister.
See him at the I'armele
I heal or Fridav.
W. A. Schutz was visiting
nmong his county seat friends
yesterday and called at this ofTice
and renewed his subscription to
this paper.
BAUER LZZ3
Wo
