Show dolored MAN MEETS HORRIBLE DEATH sole rida on california expedite in car of furniture which took fire from wednesdays standard locked in a car where he had con cealey himself for the purpose of stealing a ride a colored man supposed tobe william anthony met an awful death by suffocation at morgan 30 miles east of here yesterday the car in which the man had concealed himself was loaded with furniture and was being hauled west on train no 53 known as the california expedite one of the fastest freight trains running over the union pacific lines yesterday the train was I 1 charge of inductor ductor on miller when near morgan station smoke was discovered coming from a crevice in the door of the car this discovery led to he belief thai something was wrong and a special stop was made at morgan to set out tha car and to investigate the origin of the smoke the seals on the car were broken fand the door swung open As his was done a great volume of smoke issued from the doorway after a short time during which pails of water had been secured employed emp loyes vere able to enter the car where a gruesome sight met their gaze lying upon the floor was body ot the colored man his features showing plainly the torture that he had endured as he struggled to make himself heard above the rumbling of the train it Is supposed that the tallow had lighted a cigarette and then fallen asleep the lighted cigarette tall bis fingers setting alre to the excelsior bied to pack the furniture can only imagine the poor fellows agony when he was awakened bythe flames and realized that he cafin a position where nothing short oj a could save him from an awful death the inside of the car showed evidence of anthonys struggle against a horrible fate his hands bore traces of bing bruised by his efforts to tree himself which he is supposed mohave made after he saw that it was beyond his power to extinguish the names the fire was put out by the rail road men and an investigation showed hat abarge portion of the contents bad been badly damaged the car containing the body was held at morgan efforts are being made to locate anthony relatives |