| Show STRANGER THREW HIMSELF IN FRONT OF A TRAIN thought to have been crazed by whiskey many witnessed the suicide at yesterday afternoon a man named hansen idrew himself in front of union train no 1 while it wn slowly pulling in to the station before the could atop blai train hansan had been dragged thirty yards to his death being mangled in a manner the tragedy was committed in full view ot many people on tho depot platform hansen came to this city two weeks ago from the calop of corey brothel s in idaho he was supposed to have had much money but from his keate geots mad yesterday forenoon to the police 50 included all of ats ready cash forty of this be deposited with a bank 1 l be kept with which to buy liquor after drinking tor several days hansen went over k the police station and bequete d that the sergeant telephone to some one be knew not whom and straighten out some difficulty in which he faund himself realizing his condition the officer paid no attention to tho man and sent him away saturday he cama again and made tho same request this time he was drunk in a jocular way the boys at the station told him they were going to lock him up haneen was willing that they should but again he waa sent away only to appear sunday afternoon more urgent in ala request that some one telephone to that mysterious person As officer vance went down to the depot hancen followed him annoying the officer as they walked along the street at the depot hausan left tho officer walked ot in front and leaned quietly on a light pole when no I 1 pulled in deliberately the crazed man ran out in front threw himself in front of the pilot was caught on ilg point and crushed to death tha wheels of the engine did not touch the body of hanaan the pilot mashed hla legs and gashed open the middle part of his body when the train had been brought to a standstill a stretcher was secured and the mangled body carried into the baggage room drs joyce gordon and rich were called but life had fled before they arrived on the scene took chargo of the body the one theory accepted by the police and others who knew of his actions is that be por arlly insano from an excessive amount of whiskey it is supposed oed that on saturday hanscen Hans cin boucht A sup ply ot liquor in bothos sufficient to I 1 last over the dry sunday As a man will drink anch laore whiskey from a bogue than he win when taking it 0 cr a bar it Is believed by the police that he drank himself crazy and in 1 alt of insanity conceived the idea of in front ot the train its oncoming suggesting self alon to his abnormally excited brain an inquest will be held over hansen tuesday morning in the meantime an effort will ba mado to locate som ot the dead roans relatives at present no papers or aboy marks of identification fi have been found |
