Multnomah County OR Archives Obituaries.....Sladden, Thomas C March 1893
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Oregonian March 6,1893
He Was despondent
Additional facts Regarding the Man Killed Saturday
Coroner Holman yesterday received some additional information regarding Thomas 
C.Sladden,the man who was run over and killed by a Southern pacific train at 
the union depot on Satruday.he has a 14 year old son named Frank in this 
city,and both came from Detroit,Mich.,last month. The father had $200 when he 
arrived in Portland,and with thelad had been staying at the International 
Hotel.Sladden was unable to secure employment and becoming despondent he drank 
heavily.The son says his father left the hotel early yesterday afternoon,and 
he knew nothing of hsi being kille dunitl he read an account in the 
Oregonian.he was unable to wether his father was intoxicated at the time he 
fell off the train,so the question of wether it was accidental death or a case 
of suicide is a mystery.
Theinquest,which was begun Saturday,will be completed this evening,when more 
witnesses who have been subpeonaed may throw some additional light on the 
matter.

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