Show FREIGHT BRAKEMAN HAS DISAPPEARS Inquest in Case of Young Atkeson Atkeson Atkeson son Brings Out New V Facts RAILROAD MEN TESTIFY I I ILef Left Lef Pa Iel Train am nut K E Tred Tried to Ride on I Republican Special Service Service le Sept 17 The he The over the remains of J. J L. L Atkeson In Inman thiman the thi theman man found mangled almost boyom recognition on the tracks of the lie O. O iI i- i S. S I I. I 1 railroad ru I Thursday ay am morning orn I tig cleared the mystery surrounding surround hug ing the nature of his death leath the testimony given before the coron corol- corol em ers ci's S Jury JUl tho the Impression became gen gen- oral rai lal that Atkeson had hat trouble on the thi southbound freight and that he wa was thrown from the train by b a brakeman brake man who ho has lias s Ince since disappeared Al Al murder theories were thorough but no evidence supported these theories and It seems to be b be jond ld a doubt that the man met hi hh his death b by being thrown or 01 b by from the train trin The inquest was held here this aft aft- aC- aC commencing at nt 5 S o'clock ant anc and anda was vas no not completed until late tonight hL Coroner mone Henry Ellis Ells conducted the th examination and the jurors were wen George Swan William llam Ramsey ant and Joseph Allen Alen Sheriff Ware Sare who has ha- worked night and la day In the solution i l L t the m mystery ster gathered In a great number of witnesses cs In fact all al who had hal any an knowledge of or the matter matten- mater with will wih tilL the tl exception o of a brakeman named Merrill lErI who appears to have ha quit Cult his hU jo Job and aOl to have disappeared cum corn completely from rein sight Conductor T. T Testifies t f Conductor R. R H. H Hill 11 the conductor who ho was In charge of the trin train which left lef Salt Lake at GOG p. p 1 in Wednesday and upon which Atkeson Atie- Atie Uke- Uke son rode to this place In company compan with Miss Ella Ela V. V Dawson Daw ol whom he as assisted as- as 91 In leaving the train here testified test test- fied fled to these facts and further urther that At Atkeson eson returned turnell r to the train and rode rod rodean an or to a point n near ar Layton Laton when he heA A Mr h Hill Hi and asked him himi If i ii the train would stop at Layton When hen told that It I did lid not miot stop he heId said Id IdIe Ie L o Mr huh Hill Hi that he must stop there astie a ala as asle tie la le had some SOne business to transact that was ivas Important and antI could coull not be bo put iff orf Hill Hi ald s-ald that he Informed on that he would have to pay his fare Care to 0 S Syracuse Junction or 01 to Ogden and rom rom there get back to Layton on another anther anther an- an ther other train Atkeson said sid that he had 10 nu rh money and that he could coull not do dohis this his Atkeson then went to the rent real u of the car on which he was Iding and fearing that he Intended to jump ump lump off oC the train trin Hill Hi went vent also to he the platform and stood there to prevent pre pre- rent vent him should he ho make the attempt Upon reaching reaching Syracuse Hill said that hI le lie left tho the train to get bet his orders hat That runt was wa the last that ho saw W of I ton fon He lie Approached Brakeman J J. J AV P. Evans of ot the pas- pas eager enger testified to the same facts with he the exception that while the train was topping stopping at Syracuse Atkeson Atheson tip ap- him and asked him him to have havo he the train stop at Layton or to slow slowdown Iowa down own so 50 that he could get off of Evans aid saltI to him that the train would be going Cul fully fn fifty miles mies an hour through Layton Dayton an and that It would be Impossible or or him to do It He lie H fW saw no more of tic em eson n. n At F P. C C. Jones Jone conductor of or the freight rom which It is supposed Atkeson vas was thrown testified that he met No 3 at it Syracuse but that that ho did not see board nl his anyone myone leave the train or bo rain He said Id that he ordered two tramps ramps off ott of the train one of oC which was the tramp who was held on Basten suspicion He lie said saltI that he was Live lve that that Bastien B ten left his V train trin at Junction F. F J. J Hofmaster r rear brakeman of the he freight testified that when his train rain was vas as stopped at Syracuse he saw sawa a 1 a passenger step tep off otT of the pas passenger enger trin train iraln and go up to the engineer of ot the tho freight and that h he then started saul said that thattie to o walk toward Layton He he tie saw fW no more of him Left Lef Clothes Clothe In lii Caboose e. c. c Head Bead Brakeman man Merrill of or th the tho freight Is said to have left lef his working clothes In the caboose of o the freight I and have quit his Job when the train reached Salt Sal Lake since which time he has not b been en seen b by any of the trainmen or men employed about the tho 0 0 S. S I. I L. L yards ards From these thes circumstances circum circum- stances the opinion has become general general general gen gen- eral that Atkeson had hatI trouble on 01 the train with wih Merrill and that ho he was was thrown oft off of the train Bastion the tramp who was held asa asa aKa as aK Basten a witness told a straightforward story a to winess the jury JUl and antI said ll that he ho came caine di directly directly dl- dl anti and that lint linthe to Ogden from Denver ant lect he had about 80 SO In Is s pockets when ho he reached there He lie le said sid that he went Into an Ogden gambling house and lost host every cent of or It I there Ho Bo said that soon oon after this he lie met another an an- the went vent other othOl wayfarer that they er on a freight train trin s o-s n ta faI as Syra Syra- Syracuse cuse cuss where they were put oft off of slept together Wednesday night In a peach orchard On waking In the morning the they walked down the track and soon after er 9 ti o'clock n Io found tho ho body o of a Atkeson lying across the track one I of ot his hands being on one side of ot the track and his feet on the Ut other Identification Is Complete V Dr J. J H. H Grant a dentist here positively positively pos pos- Hively the dead deal man inami as AtI AtKeson At- At of dental work Keson heon I Non by hy a description done ilone one b by him April Apri 27 of oC this year ear This Identification was made malc before beCore he had hal looked at th body bod and tallied with wih the dental work In the mouth of the d dead ad man He was further Identified fled fied by Mrs H. H I. I Snyder and antI Miss Haezl Snyder with whom he boarded when itt Ii II Layton fayton Miss Mis Ella Ela V V. Dawson also identified him positively Sheriff Ware had obtained the theman's mans man's trunk from Crom Salt Sl Lake Luke and In it found fund Insurance written payable to his mother and to his father rather Mr Ir and Mrs Alonzo or of 1 H Ky In two policies written b by the New NewYork NewYork NewYork York Life Lie Insurance company each Inthe in inthe the sum o of 2500 Both oth policies were secured during the past pa t sum sum- mer mel There was also a state teachers' teachers certificate and one from Davis count county Mr Atkeson's parents have been not not- noti- noti of hla death and have requested that his body boty be e shipped to them for Cor burial which will wi be done It 1 Is known lown that only a few Cew en days before his death Atkeson Atleson had accounted account account- ed to a friend b by being hard up by bythe bythe bythe cc the fact that lint ns ti h. h had been paying haying for Cor life Insurance Tho llio he verdict of or the coroners coroner's Jury a was not pot found at a late hour but it l bt U generally believed el that It I will wili wi state statu a that the tho deceased came to his death by being crushed beneath the tho wheels wheel of oC a train ala that the cause causa of or his beng be be- being being ing ng Up upon the tracks Is to th them m un unknown known |