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Show ilS iil 10 PIECES in H WHEELS ! Unknown Man Is Frightfully ; Mangled iu Oregon Short I inc Yards. An unidentified man, apparently a la-.boror. la-.boror. but possibly a tramp, was ground lo a pulp underneath San Pedro train No. J. in the Oregon Short Line yards at. 1 o'clock this morning, lie was decapitated decapi-tated and dismembered. Tie was mangled beyond ' possible recognition and there was nothing in his clothes, which were lorn to" tatters by the grinding of the wheels, to give ;i clow to his identity. The' mangled body was found wedged in between Die tracks at Second Pouth street by George Mclfugh, switch tender for the Oregon .Short Line. 11c immediately imme-diately notified the police, who conducted an investigation, and upon Acting Coroner Coro-ner Dana T. Smith's instruction, surrendered sur-rendered Hie body to O'DonncII's undertaking under-taking parlors. None of the train or yard crew saw the victim previous to the accident, but It is Ihe'conlldenl belief of both the crews and the police that the man came to his dentil while trying to board train No. I out of the yards to beat, his way easf-wani. easf-wani. losing his hold and falling underneath under-neath the wheels. Parts of bis clothing and his skull were found near I'irst South street, showing where he had lost his hold or firat been struck. The legs and arms were found and all that was left of the bead was a small tuft of hair at the nape of the nccFc. .The man wa.s roughly dressed and appeared ap-peared lo be middle aged, lie was larii ami heavy el. Whether he was a foreigner for-eigner or American could not bo determined. |