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Show MAN WHO FOUND HARTE IS KILLED IN A WRECK Anton Roman, Publisher of Overland Monthly, Victim Vic-tim of Peculiar Railroad Disaster. . SAN FRANCISCO, June 22. The cause of the wreck of a funeral car on the North Shore " railroad, near Point Reyes, which caused the death of A. Roman and Michael Kirk and injured more than a score of others, has not yet been . definitely determined. The trestle over which the car waa precipitated precipi-tated was on a sharp curve and the engineer en-gineer is said never to have been over the run before. There is a report that the coupling pin between the engine and tender broke, but this has not yet been verified. Of those injured two or three are in a serious condition but no additional deaths have been reported. The escape of Judge Angelotti of the Supreme court of California is regarded regard-ed as remarkable. His Injuries are not serious. Anton Roman, who was killed, was one of the best known men In California. Califor-nia. As a pioneer book dealer and publisher pub-lisher he amassed considerable wealth; but he will be best remembered as the man who made for Bret Harte a worldwide world-wide reputation. Roman established the Overland Monthly and chose Harte for Its editor. Harte had developed a talent for short story writing and one day sent "The Luck of Roaring Camp" to the printers. When it reached the proofreader, who was a woman, she promptly pronounced it unlit for publi-, publi-, cation. Her Judgment was confirmed 1 by other attaches of the magazine, and j the matter was referred to Mr. Roman. He read the story, admitted its uncon-ventionallty, uncon-ventionallty, but recognized its virile strength' and literary finish. Despite all protests he ordered its publication. At once the name of the magazine became a household word, and the fame and fortune of Bret Harte were made. |