Salt Lake Tribune | 1904-05-08 | Page 1 | Head Severed by a Box Car

Head Severed ty a Box Car Tramp Loses life While on Way to Mexico to Collect a " Fortune. Special to Tho Tribune. OGDEN, Utah, May 7. A fatal ucci-dent ucci-dent is reported from Toana, Nov., in which an unknown tramp lost his life. As an eastbound freight was leaving Toana one of the heaviest cars in the train, containing 22,000 pounds of freight, suddenly Jumped the track, ditching several other cars and causing a bad mlxup. Upon investigation it was learned that a tramp, who had evidently been riding on a brake beam, had fallen on the track, the wheels of the freight car running ovor his head, derailing tho car. The top of the man's head was cut of as with a knife and his body was crushed to a pulp. It was learned that the dead man was a Mexican en route from 'Frisco to Mexico, where he had been left ?26,000 by a relative. He was penniless and could not pay his fare to his former home in Mexico and was attempting to beat his way there when killed. He has a wife in 'Frisco.