Show J Ji D WOOD IS KillED BENEATH WHEELS EELS OF IBS TRAIN IK Millionaire Sheep man nd Mine Miri Operator Meets Death in inthe inthe inthe the 0 o S L I Yards DETAILS OF TRAGEDY MAY NOT BE LEARNED CAREER AS A PIONEER STOCK STOCKMAN STOCKMAN STOCKMAN MAN OF THE WEST A NOTABLE NOT NOTABLE NOTABLE ABLE ONE J 3 D Wood the millionaire and mine owner was Willi struck and instantly killed d by b a Union Pacific engine in the Oregon Short Line Line railroad yards at Ii i last evening Ills His body was found round twenty minutes later by Chauncey Manspeaker a acar acar acar car Inspector The right arm antI and left foot were w rc both cut entirely from rum the body and his head crushed Just how tho accident occurred no one knows as there were well no witnesses to the tragedy Mr Wood In company compan with John went to the Oregon Short Line depot shortly after 9 last test evenIng even evening ing to take the Salt Lake Route train No 1 for Pioche Soon after his arrival at the depot Mr Wood bought a railroad i ticket to Caliente and a Pullman sleep sleeping sleepIng ing car ticket He lie then carried his suit care cae to the sleeper which ho he gave to the porter port l This Tilts was th the last time Mr Ir Wood was seen alive Body Is Discovered About 9 Chauncey Man Ian Manspeaker Manspeaker speaker a car inspector was inspecting the trucks of Oregon Short Line train No Nol 0 l 1 which was Va vas standing on the tho sixth track from the depot Mr Manspeaker was walking north on the west side of or the train near the last Jast car ear A short distance up the track he noticed what he at first thought to be n a bundle of rags On closer examination he discovered the body of Mr Ir IrWood Wood The body was found lying between n the rails rans of the seventh trade track west of the depot depoL Mr Ir V right arm was Voas cut ut from his body Just above Ino tue wrist his hI left foot was cut off just above aboe the ankle and his head was crushed How Mr Ir Wood rood came to be so EO far away front from his train can only be conjectured The theory theor advanced by the tho railroad of officials officials is that he was taking a walk about the he yards ard before his h train time and dill did not hear the engine approaching Th Tb engine which is believed bel ved to hay have killed Mr My Ir Wood is Union Pacific No IS l which arrived in the city shortly after 9 on the Los Angalea Anglea Limited the lne engine was YRS uncoupled the train In front of the depot and proceeded back to the round house 41 i north yards yard a running backwards ba at the he time Superintendent A B Stevenson Sleven son of the Oregon Short Line IAno said last night that tha the engine was was equipped with a steam stearn bell attach trent which keeps k the bell betl ringing at all alli i times when in local yards Mr Woods Vond s o roat at which h he lie was earning carrying carrin was ws found wrapped around a aJ ai aI aI aJ as aI aA s I i i A i i I i I I I I I J D WOOD t Millionaire stockman who was killed by train tr n switch frog in the ards between First ond wd Second North street about three Un Unblocks blocks from where the accident occurred The rhe coat was found by bv A E Barker yard yardmaster ard master fifteen minutes before the body bod was discovered I Accident a Mystery There were ere perhaps fifty persons about the Lile yards at the time of the accident but butro no ro one could be found who saw Mr JJr lr Wood after he Jle left the Los Angeles train For time after the body was found the tile railroad officials were unable to say which train rain or nr t r engine Vas was vas responsible for his death loath When hen engine No tS reached the round lOund house and was being overhauled several spots of oC blood and pieces of cloth clothIng Ing ng were found on the wheels wheel The place where the accident occurred i iwas was almost directly direct west of the depot i Continued on Page 5 J ip D WOOD IS KILLED BENEATH WHEELS OF Or TRAIN Continued from Page 1 T Tr H K 9 was standing Oft on the tracks T 1 tc l time and nd shut off of the light from to TN tr wl The Tb engine was Willi running b rd ani an did not carry carr a light on the Uie fed 1 n nl l of f the fie large larga number numb of per pins Fn about bOlit th yards tards at the time no one heart heard am any nOISE or scream and there is 15 10 I 1 It but dath resulted re instantly rh Th body was taken to Joseph William WilliamT T tors lors undertaking establishment establishmentS w S 8 k omi k for many years a frIend of Mr Woods Weeds learned of the acl a Cl d nt after it happened To him fl tiU th painful and sad duty dut to inform SIrs Mrs IT Wood of her husbands tragic death Mr Ir Wood was born In Sullivan county Mn 10 August t T 7 1811 and his success was after overcoming many obstacles through prudent prud nt foresight Industry and wise vise management When Then hen a boy bo he hi helped his hs father who was a thrifty thrift hardworking ing farmer farmr His early earl educational 1 wei Were wert limited and at an early age he hI b began operating a small mercantile i He lie demonstrated his bus business busIn iness In in this venture gradually until when the thear thear thear r his hs a up ar toke out Iut he lost everything he nril Obtaining some mine temporary temporal financial as asRi Ri tance ance rom a relative he e shipped fr for rr IWO wo years ears but that not proving sue suei i s ho hi h went to Atchison Kansas Kan as In hrar is w and ami engaged to drive a af f freight eight i team acrO the plains to Montana ll It l was as Et t the time of the great placer pla r ining excitement in tn that state Mr Ir Wid 01 has told many man thrilling tales ot of oft ott Ilis t IS s trip mostly dealing with skirmishes x 1101 1 fights with the hostile red men Mr Yr Wood GOd upon arriving in Montana had kd O in green backs then worth only M 10 J i ent on the Uw dollar He lie went vent to work ii I he hf placer mines and did some prospect prospecting ing In n he moved on to Idaho where hi I continued in mining and started a rai merchandise store He later on became Interested in the smelter business bU with the Omaha Smelting works at Clay iti Idaho gradually gradual branching out in the Timing mining business through Idaho Montana fontana Neada and Utah As his hl hi resources became stronger and stronger and interests accumulated he also uok up the live stock business His Ills gr r at f success re in mining and in live stock n nude arie him a well known and powerful fac factor tor lor nr in fl both hoth enterprises throughout the MH MP if Idaho Montana and v v oming Mr II Wd Wood was president of the Wood Land Cattle tattIe company compan own OR ORg g 5 Awards of acres of grazing crazing Tid nt wing owing o ing ranches in Idaho and Mon Men Mona Ion a and ast st stock ranches raft le in Mexico In n nod lion od to these enterprises Mr fr Wood Woodi Id i d 4 valuable Unable oil interests In California M Mr I Wood leaves s a widow two step 1 and anti an adopted ado ted daughter The lat c Vi s I IS l years of age ago is ding the Notre Noire Dame academy in |