grave import

Obituary

Last night about 8 o'clock the flagman at the Fourth street crossing noticed a man on the railroad track and told him to keep away, as the trains were being switched up that far to back into the depot. The flagman's attention was then given to the trains, one of which passed between him and where the man was standing. A few minutes afterwards he says the man attempted to cross the track in front of the switch engine, and after it had passed, the flagman was startled to find the headless body of the man lying near the track, and the head on the other side of the rail. One of his arms was also crushed but otherwise there were no injuries on the body. His remains which proved to be those of Charles Calhoun, the moulder, were taken to Unterkircher's, where this morning an inquest was held with John Sackbauer, Dr. J.P. Kaster, and A. J. Eads, as jurors, who found that he came to his death by being runover by a locomotive, and the flagman and railroad company were exhonerated of any blame. Mr. Calhoun left his home yesterday afternoon to order his winter supply of coal, and nothing further is known by his family, who resides at No.1033 North Fifth street. He was about fifty years of age and has been a resident of Burlington many years. The funeral will be held tomorrow afternoon at 2:30 o'clock.