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Show MR. BOLAND IS MEAT. A Former Sesident of Salt Lak9 Ground Into Atoms, KILLED ON THE SANTA FE LINE. The History of the Unfortunate Man Who Wa Killed A Family Quarrel Quar-rel His Kecord. I.on Boland, a former resident of Salt Lake City, was killed in a most shocking manner on Thursday last near North Cuca-monga, Cuca-monga, Cal., by a Santa Fe passenger train. Tne Sau Francisco papers describe the affair af-fair as follows: Nothing was known of the tragedy until the train arrived at San Bernardino, where biood stains were discovered on the wheels and brakebeams of the rear ear of the train, and portions of a coat and vest were found attached to one of the trucks. A search party weut back over the road, ami along tiie track between Rochester and North Cucamonga were found the fragments of a human body which had been torn to shreds by the train. In the hat was found the upper portion of a head, while pieces of limbs and a horrible horri-ble display of flesh was intermixed with shredded clothing. Two business cards and a scalped ticket to Denver were found, but nothing more, according to the firs', intimation in-timation received, to give a clew to the man's identity. The trainmen in their report re-port said that the man was supposed to be a tramp who had been stealing a ride on the break beam, but later developments proved that he had been a passenger on the train, and had given a coupon of his ticket to Con-doctor Con-doctor Mohler. An inquest over the gathered fragments was held at North Cucamonga. when it was developed that the man was L. Boland of San Francisco- How he happened to get under the train and meet his horrible fate is not known, but it is supposed he fell off while the train was passing a curve, one of the passengers having seen him staudiug on the front platform of the near coach. Boland lived in Salt Lake City about two years ago. Hu and his wife came from Baltimore. While here the couple lost a Little girl, their only child, who was sent back to their old home for interrineut. The family lived near State and Fifth South streets. He was a sort of speculator in a genera1, way and was given somewhat to gaming. The San Francisco Chronicle says of him: L. Boland, the man who was killed at North Cucamonga, San Bernardino county, on the Santa Fe line, was a well know n character char-acter among the demi-monde in San Fr ancisco. an-cisco. He came here some time ago with his wife from Salt Lake City where both had lived for a year or two. Recently they engaged en-gaged rooms at the Fauntleroy house, 105 Stockton street. About two weeks ago Boland Bo-land and his wife "Mollie," the name by which she is known, had a quarrel over something that tended to jar their domestic relations. In a few days the quarrel began to assume a serious form, and one day during dur-ing the latter part of last week the woman threatened to leave her husband. When Boland heard of her intention he went to her, and after a long conversation he succeeded iu patching up their quarrel, and things assumed a brighter hue. Monday, under some pretense, Boland induced the woman to give him her bank book. She claims she had $209 of her own money in the bank. Since Boland got hold of the bank book she iias not seen nor heard from either. At the bank she learned the money-had money-had been drawn. Since Boland's departure his wife has put up at a rendezvous on O'Farrcl! street. She was found there by a reporter, and when she was told that her husband was no more she burst into tears, and it was a long time before she could gain sufficient control of her feelings to tell her story, the substance of which is given above . Boland was a man between. 30 and 40 years of age. He was short and very thick set. His hair was a dark brow n and he wore a sandy mustache. Mrs. Boland will have the body brought back to the city, where it will be buried.' |