Jackson County IL Archives News.....Former Jackson County Man in Killed in West  (John W. SCHULTZ) November 12, 1921
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Murphysboro Daily Independent November 12, 1921

    The following account of the injury and death of John W. SCHULTZ is taken
from the Schuyler (Colfax County, Neb.) Sun of November 3.  The account is used
at length because of the many friends the deceased has in Murphysboro and
Jackson County.  He was a cousin of the Misses BOUCHER, 1830 Walnut street and
has other relatives in the city and county.  He leaves the widow and five
daughters and two sons.

    John W. SCHULTZ , aged and long time resident of Schuyler, was so badly
injured when he was struck by the engine of train No. 3 Monday night that he
died shortly after being taken to the hospital at Columbus, where he was rushed
hoping to save his life.  The accident happened near the east end of the
Schuyler station, shortly after six o'clock when passenger train No. 3 was
slowing down for the station stop.  Strange as it may seem there were no eye
witnesses to the accident, except the fireman, who reported it as soon as the
train came to a halt.

    The injured man lay close to the rail on the north side of the track, a
short distance from where the passengers were alighting and boarding the train,
but the prostrate form of Mr. Shultz was unnoticed until the news from the
fireman reached the conductor.  The injured man was found but a few feet from
where the train official was standing in a doubled up position, and terribly
injured, his forehead being crushed, both legs broken and the body a mass of
bruises.

    As soon as the unfortunate man was recognized, Mrs. Schultz was notified,
and upon her arrival at the station, she, with Mr. Schultz, were rushed to
Columbus where an ambulance was waiting to take him to the hospital.  Upon
arrival at the hospital and an examination was made, the physician stated that
he could live but a few minutes and nothing was attempted except to determine
the extent of injury.  It was reported that 28 bones were broken, aside from the
skull being crushed at the forehead.

    Upon the arrival of Mrs. Schultz, he regained consciousness to ask "what had
happened?"

    While no one saw the accident, Mr. Schultz had been in the habit of walking
down to the station each evening and as soon as the mail had been taken to the
post office and the evening papers distributed getting his papers and going to
his home.  It is supposed that because of his defective hearing and defected
eyesight, he had misjudged the distance of the train when he attempted to cross
the track, as the fireman stated that he saw the man just as the engine whistled
in response to the station signal, and he appeared to hesitate and attempt to
cross the south of the track when he was struck by the pilot.

    Mr. Schultz was a native of Illinois, having been born in Jackson county of
that state, on April 25, 1845.  He was in his seventy-sixth year at the time of
his death.  He was a veteran of the Civil War, being a member of the U.S. Marine
volunteers.  Mr. & Mrs. Schultz came to Nebraska in 1872 and settled on a farm
in Colfax county.  They have been residents of Schuyler for the past thirty-six
years, during which time Mr. Schultz followed his trade as a carpenter.


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Transcribed by Mary Riseling from her grandfather C. E. RISELING's collection of
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