KILLED ON THE RAILROAD

(July 13, 1905)

LEWIS ADAMS MEETS SUDDEN DEATH NEAR BRISBEN.

Supposed to Have Been Struck by Midnight Train-Former Resident of This Town

   Lewis Adams, a former resident of this town, was killed last night by being struck by a train about a mile below Brisben.  His body was so badly cut to pieces that it could be identified only by the clothing and by one hand from which he had formerly lost a finger.

   Mr. Adams lived in Brisben and was about that village last evening.  How he came to be on the railroad track is not known.  It is supposed that the train which struck him was the mid-night passenger train south, which leaves Oxford at 11:56 p. m.  The accident was discovered by the crew of a southbound extra freight train which passed Brisben shortly before 4 a. m. this morning.  The fast freight, northbound, which went through Oxford at 3:05 a.m., had also passed the place and it is supposed that all three trains ran over the body.  The remains were strewn out along the track.  The accident occurred a little above the point where the road crosses the railroad track near the Day Spring creamery.  The coroner was notified at Norwich.

   Mr. Adams was 56 years of age.  He was for some time a resident of this town and a tenant on the Henry A. Mowry's farm.  At another time he lived west of the village.  He was in poor health and might have been taken ill while walking along the track.  He leaves a wife and four daughters, Mrs. George Perkins of this village, and Mrs. Cady, and Misses Ruth and Nina Adams of Brisben.

   It is thought possible that Adams went to Greene and was walking back when struck by the train.  In Brisben his death is not thought to have been a case of suicide, and residents of the village say he had been temperate in his habits throughout the summer and was perfectly sober when seen about there early in the evening.  The funeral will be held at Brisben at 11 a.m. today.

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