Beckham County, OK - Deaths: Carl C. Males, 1916
16 August 2008
Submitted by: delma25@pldi.net (Delma Tindell)

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MALES, CARL C.
(17 Aug 1916, Sayre Standard, Sayre, Beckham Co, OK):
Carl Mails, a young man about 19 years of age, was killed Monday night by
passenger train No. 44 one-half mile east of Doxey.  The engineer
discovered the body lying on the track directly in front of the engine,
but was unable to stop the train until it had passed over the unfortunate
boy's body.  It appears that the young Mails had rode a freight train out
of Elk City, expecting to get off at a point near his home northeast of
Doxey.  In dropping off the freight train he received injuries which
disabled him from walking and he was lying in the helpless condition on
the track when No. 44 came upon him.
(17 Aug 1916, Thursday, Elk City Leader, Elk City, Beckham Co, OK):
C. C. Males, the 19 year old son of Mrs. Floett (Follett), formerly Mrs.
Laura Males of this city, was killed by train 44 on the Rock Island Monday
morning at a point a few miles west of Elk City.  From the information
available it is believed that the young man, who was returning to his home
near Merritt from Wichita Falls, Texas, caught the west bound train here
Saturday night, expecting to ride home, and jumped from it at a point near
there, being injured to such an extent that he was unable to leave the
track when train 44 east bound approached.
The engineer in charge of the train stated that he saw the young man on
the track shortly before reaching him, and that he raised up apparently,
trying to drag himself out of the way of the train, but that he was unable
to do so and was struck and killed.  The engineer made desperate efforts
to stop the train, applying all the brakes to such an extent that some
were broken, but was unable to stop until after the body had been carried
for a considerable distance.
The remains were brought here by the train crew and Dr. W. H. Watson, the
Rock Island surgeon, called but life was extinct.  The remains were then
taken in charge by Grubitz & Son and prepared for burial and were removed
to the home of the boy's mother Monday evening and were later buried in
the Doxey-Sayre cemetery.
The young man was well known here and had many friends who will learn with
regret of his untimely end.  The News joins friends of the family in
extending sympathy.
(17 Aug 1916, Elk City Newspaper, Elk City, Beckham Co, OK):
KILLED BY TRAIN.  CARL MALES MEETS DEATH NEAR DOXEY STATION.
Last Sunday night Carl Males took the west bound train here, for his home
near Doxey.  It is thought he tried to jump off the train close to the
home which was east of Doxey, to save him quite a walk from the depot.  He
fell on the track and must have been stunned.  As No. 44 was coming east
the engineer saw him raise up and struggle to get off the track.  The
emergency brake was applied immediately, but it was not enough to stop the
train in time to keep him from being hit by the train.  His death must
have been instantaneous.  His neck was broken, skull fractured, chin cut,
shoulders mashed and bones and shoulders broken.  His body was placed on
the train and brought immediately to Elk City, and given in charge of
Grubitz & Son, who embalmed the body and who soon had it looking as if he
had died a natural death.
Early Monday morning, Coroner, R. W. Jones, held an inquest, the jurors
being Joe Van Auken, R. E. Burran, H. H. Price, A. J. Wann, W. H. Hewlett,
who rendered verdict that the deceased young man met his death from "being
hit by train No. 44 going east."
The engineer was deeply distressed over the accident, and said it was the
first accident of the kind he had ever had, and he had been on the road
for a number of years.
Charles Males was nineteen years and three days old, and was the son of
Mrs. Tom Follett, living three miles north-east of Doxey.  He had been to
Wichita Falls, having come from there on the eight o'clock train Sunday
night.  He was a grandson of I. N. Johnson, well-known to many of our
people.  He was said to be a good hearted young man, but had somewhat of a
roving disposition and was not at home much.
It was a very distressing accident, and the whole community was deeply
grieved over the death of the young man who had spent most of his life in
that neighborhood.
Funeral services were held at Doxey on Tuesday afternoon and interment was
had at the Doxey cemetery.  The bereaved relatives have the sympathy of
all in this sad hour.

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