| Show 1 1 7 1 I 1 DIED DO ON THE BE TRAIN TRAM ainu A man to Cou sump llou flon on tho 0 11 THE CORON r it S IN QUEST WM was well connected anil and was on U his way from LOB los angeld s to stint louis 1001 missouri about ten tell minutes before tho the cent aral pacific train readied reached ojen 0 jen titie morning ono one of tho the passengers died 0 of consumption ills name was john E clarke and lie occupied a berth in the elko iio ile held a ticket for st louis from los angeles A search of hi hii 4 person disclosed several letters and newspaper clippings which indicated that deceased was a man of rood good standing lie ile had hall been agent for the lie t now new york c new england rail way at ato waterbury conn for three 3 e ars and also had been agent for the U P at kimball neb for about a year and a half the latter position he left on account of 0 I 1 ill health and lie went to california or arizona there ho he was nas in the e employ mp 0 of the atchison topeka santa sant a 1 A sum of money and a watch with nith other trinkets trin kete m were cre found on his person an inquest in quest was held lie I 1 d thin thim afternoon and G S platt 1 a porter in the car testified that tha t deceased came through from lo 10 angeles he ile appeared to bo be quite an invalid but got out to meala meals at all tho the stations except elko last night he lie complained of being week eek and re requested quested atness A flit nesa to telegraph elee raph to this city for a physician s anian witness telegraphed from thyr corrinne or ne but clark died quietly i atly just before reaching ogden at about 8 a M after hearing all tho the evidence tho the iury jury returned the following verdict june 15 1887 we I 1 the iury fl find n ath that the deceased john D C clarke jur r e ca came to hia his death by natural causes that he was a railroad employee employ on various lines ines and formerly a resident of waterbury conn I 1 I 1 ie m wa as also an agent for tho the U P railway at kimball neb from september IM 1884 to feb 1886 leaving there on account of poor health and going to california wo we find personal effect effects con ot of 60 in mone money one appleton tracy gold wa watch no with monogram in on case J E C one small konogy diamond lam ond ring railway ticket to st louis small satchel Bat diel containing the usual usual toilet articles and the suit of clothes he wor wore J E coo I 1 anto A 4 jurors furors W J STIV N HALL coroner the superintendent of tho the new ew england road and mr thomas L kimball of the U P have been tele graphed r h 0 O 0 d 1 to o and in the meantime the mi body dp ie I 1 at a t 1 undertaker pre shawe haws 4 |
