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Waupaca Post
MANGLED BY THE CARS
Albert Bea Instantly Killed on Wednesday Afternoon
On Wednesday about 1:15 p.m. as Ex. No. 02 Wisconsin Central train was pulling some cars off the stockyard siding Albert Walter Bea, a boy fourteen years of age, was run over and frightfully mangled, death resulting instantly.
Coroner A.D. Barnes was notified and arrived on the scene within a few minutes and summoned the following jurymen: E.B. Fisher, Philo Gibbons, C.D. Peterson, C.E. Cain, H.P. Mortenson and L.W. Krake. The testimony of the conductor and brakemen of the train was taken, each testifying that they had seen the boy hanging on the side of one of the cars in the short train of three cars that were being pulled off the stockyard siding and saw him jump or fall to the ground. It is thought he fell or rolled under the cars as the ground was on an incline. The train was stopped at once but not until two cars had passed over the body, which was nearly cut in two and had not moved after being struck. The conductor stated that he told the boy to keep off the trains at various times. The coroner’s jury rendered a verdict of accidental death, exonerating the railroad company and employees.
Albert
Bea was the son of Ole Bea, an employee of the Wis. Cen. Co. at he freight depot. His
brother Talford is the baggage-master at the Central passenger station. Besides his father and mother who live near
the depot, there are two sisters of the deceased, Anna of this city and Minnie
living in