John Huttenlocker
Kentucky Post, Monday, 16 January 1905, page 5
Death in Newport
John Huttenlocker, 54, of 432 Columbia st. Newport, met death in
a terrible form Saturday afternoon in the C & O yards. There is every indication
that Huttenlocker's death was premeditated and was a deliberate case of suicide.
A freight train which had stopped for some time at the head of Saratoga st.
started to pull up slowly to cross over to the eastbound track.
Huttenlocker had been walking by the side of the train. The engine and several cars had passed him when he got down on his hands and knees and crawled under the train. Two boys, named Grau, who live on Hamlet st. saw Huttenlocker apparently falter as the wheels of the rear end of a box car approached his body. A moment later they passed across his chest. The trainmen hearing the cries of the boys, stopped the train and lifted Huttenlocker's body from the rails. Coroner Higgins was called and viewed the remains, after which they were removed to Costigan's Morgue.
Huttenlocker's watch was mashed by the wheels and stopped at three minutes after two. The dead man was a machinist, but had been out of work for some time. He leaves two daughters, one of whom is married. The relatives last night took charge of the remains.
Coroner Higgins held an inquest this morning as the to death of Huttenlocker and returned a verdict of suicide. The testimony was to the effect that the man had deliberately crawled beneath the moving train and was cut in two. The funeral will take place tomorrow afternoon. Services will be held at the chapel in Evergreen Cemetery.