Las Vegas Age, November 28, 2003, Clark County, Nevada  
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LAS VEGAS AGE
5/22/1915

KILLED BY FALL

    The stranger who was picked up near the Salt Lake tracks just south 
of town last Saturday in an unconscious condition, died Sunday having 
never regained the use of his faculties.  From a bank book in his pocket 
his name was found to be Stanley GUDELL.  He was a Servian by birth and 
had been employed in the fishing business at San Pedro.
    Coroner HARKINS held an inquest Monday with Fred G. PARK, foreman, 
G. H. FRENCH, I. C. JOHNSON, H. L. THOMAS, Mort S. RIESER and M. MALONEY 
as jurors.  The investigation developed the fact that the deceased came 
to his death by falling from the second section of train 82 the day he 
was found.  He had been beating his way, riding on the first section of 
82, but had been warned away from that train by the crew.  It appears 
that he had boarded the train following.  At the place where he was 
found, the track crosses a small arroyo.  The unfortunate man probably 
attempted to get off the train but failed to notice the approach to the 
bridge.  The marks where his feet struck the ground are plainly seen, 
but the man went head first down the bank, the sharp rocks mangling his 
head and face and the force of the fall breaking some of the bones of 
the spine.
    That the dead man was not the victim of robbers is proven by the 
fact that $38.60 was found in his pockets.  The verdict of the coroner's 
jury was in acordance with the facts as stated above.  The body of the 
deceased was interred in the city cemetery by Wm. B. LEONARD, the 
undertaker.