Thomas Wilson
Cincinnati Enquirer, Sunday, 23 April 1899, page 7
DEATH ENDS
Death finally came to the relief of Thomas Wilson, the umbrella
mender, who was struck by a C&O train in Newport Friday night and was left to
suffer without attendance for two hours. When the accident occurred the body was
removed from between the rails to the depot platform and the officials at
Newport police headquarters notified.
Those in charge at the police office felt that the railroad officials should act and Station Agent McGill was sent for, roused from his bed, and he telephoned for Menninger's ambulance and the patient, whose life blood had been ebbing away for two hours, was removed to St Elizabeth Hospital where a leg and arm were amputated.
A deep concussion of the brain was discovered and this gave rise to the suspicion that the man might have been struck by someone, then thrown on the tracks to hid the crime. After suffering untold torture Wilson died and the remains were removed to Smith's undertaking establishment in Newport, where Coroner Higgins will hold an inquest, and he will endeavor to locate the responsibility for the negligence displayed by the city authorities.
No one knows where Wilson came from and no effort has been made by the police to investigate the cause of the accident.