Wednesday morning's Southbound
freight train due here about 3 o'clock
carried a couple of young white men
who were beating" their way to
Atlanta. They were riding on the
eud of au oil tank car and w hen the
train was a little this side of Grey
stoue in rounding a curve one of them
fell off and was run over. His com
panion thought he was killed and so
reported to the conductor when the
train reached Henderson.
some one was sent back to investi
gate when it was found that the man
had been run over and terribly
mangled. Both legs were cut off jut
below the knees and there were several
bad bruises about the he id au-1 face,
together with indications of serious
internal injuries. He was still alive
mid conscious aud was brought to town
for the purpose of receiviug medical
and surgical attention.
A partial examination of the un
fortunate man convinced Dr. W. T.
leatham that he could not live and
that au operation would do no good.
Eater, however, ho had him removed
to a com'ortable place near his own
home for the purpose of examining
him more thoroughly, but he died
about 1 1 o'clock, retaining conscious
ness up lo ten or fifteen minutes of the
end.
He gave his name as Paul Brown.
from Charlottesville, Va., and talked
freely about himself and family. His
mother, Mrs. Lucy Brown, lives in
Charlottesville, and a sister. Miss Flora
Brown, is living iu South Boston. Ya.
They were communicated with ami the
ister directed that the hotly be pre
pared for burial and shipped home.
she being heard from before the others.
