HERALDED TO HIS DEATH.
Ingwer Soenksen, a young Crawford County farmer, is Killed by a Milwaukee Freight Train West of Aspinwall.

The Body is Thrown Forty Feet, And Driven Through a Board Fence Which Encloses The R.R. Right-of-Way.

One of the most terrible accidents that has occurred in this section for years past was the one in which young Soenksen lost his life at a Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul railroad crossing, four miles west of this city, on last Friday evening. The circumstances surrounding his death are substantially these: Soenksen had been working on the public highway south of the crossing, and at 5:30 p.m., having completed his day's work, started to take the scraper he was using to the home of Jacob Kuhl, road supervisor, who lives just north of the railroad crossing. Upon his arriving at the crossing, an engine, pulling behind it only a caboose, came puffing along from the west at a fifty-mile clip, and before he knew it the mighty machine was almost upon him. He succeeded in getting the team and scraper across the track, but it appears that the young man was thrown backwards from off the scraper, as it bounced over the last rail, just in time to be caught by the cow-catcher of the engine. The man was thrown at least forty feet from the crossing against a board fence, rendering him altogether unconscious, and in a very short time life was over. The train was stopped and backed up to the scene of disaster. The body was placed aboard the caboose and brought to this city. Dr. Resner was called and he pronounced life instinct. The train bore the remains, in charge of Henry Rohr, back to Aspinwall, where they remained until the next morning when they were taken to the home of the dead man's parents, three miles south of that town.

Ingwer Soenksen was 24 years old (born in 1874). He leaves a father and mother, three brothers and three sisters, Mrs. Henry Rohr of this city being one of the latter. The funeral was held Sunday at 2 p.m., and the remains were laid to rest in the Manning Cemetery. Rev. Ehlers of Gray officiated.

CORONOR'S INQUEST.
Coronor Smith, of Denison, was summoned, arriving in Aspinwall early Saturday morning. A jury, consisting of C.J. Holling, Hans Mattiessen and Meves Schacht, was called, and with the coroner, proceeded to hold an inquest. A dozen or more witnesses were examined, the railroad conductor, engineer and brakemen being among them. After carefully summing up the evidence gathered, the jury rendered a verdict as follows: The said jurors upon their oaths do say "We do find that said deceased came to his death by accident, by being struck by an engine on the crossing of the C.M. & St P. R'y near the town of Aspinwall, Crawford County, Iowa, on the 7th day of October, 1898, at about 5:10 p.m. of said day. That said accident was caused by the contributory negligence of the said railroad company by having a poor crossing; also of its employees on the train, and of the deceased."
(Signed) M. Schacht, H. Mattiessen, C.J. Holling, Jurors.
Attested by M.N. Smith, Coroner.