Chester County PA Archives Obituaries.....James MOCK, 1909 File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Dennis Walsh [walshdw@ix.netcom.com] and Dan Lindley [Danoh19344@hotmail.com] ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/pa/pafiles.htm ************************************************ Daily Local News, February 15, 1909 MOCK- On the 13th inst., James Mock, aged 46 years. Funeral services at Pine Swamp Church, Warwick Township, on Tuesday at 11 o’clock. Daily Local News, February 15, 1909 On Saturday afternoon Coroner S.P. Russell of this place held an inquest on the body of James Mock, a middle aged white man, who was killed on the Wilmington and Northern Railroad at Lenape, on Friday night. He viewed the remains on the tracks near the above station and had them gathered up and brought to the morgue of a West Chester undertaker. He then summoned the following jury: William Mullen, A.D. Heald, Z.C.W Mercer, William Williams, George Dewees, Esq., and William S. Davis who heard the testimony of several parties. It developed that no person saw the accident, which caused Mock’s horrible death. His remains were found about nine o’clock on Saturday morning, 100 yards north of Lenape, being cut up in many pieces. Death must have been instantaneous. Witnesses saw Mock at the station at 7 p.m. the evening previous, which was the last time he was seen alive. After hearing the evidence, the jury rendered a verdict that deceased came to his death run being struck by a train during the night, in some way unknown to the jury, and the company and employees of the railway were exonerated from all blame. The jury was discharged. Word was conveyed to relatives of the deceased man, who will take charge of the remains, and have them respectfully interred. They were in such condition that they can not be exposed to the public gaze. It is stated that Mock is a native of Delaware County and has relatives at Chelsea, and also in Birmingham this county. He has worked at different places in this section and is known to a number of people as an industrious person Daily Local News, February 13, 1909 Last night James Mock, a middle-aged white man who has been working for some months at the Mather farm, near Lenape, was run over on the Wilmington & Northern Railroad, about one hundred yards north of Lenape station and killed. The exact circumstances are no yet known but will be investigated by Deputy Coroner S.B. Russell, of West Chester, who was notified of the finding of the remains about nine o’clock this morning. So far as can be learned, the dead man had been to Wilmington and returned to Lenape on the milk train, which arrives at that station about six o’clock last evening. He had been drinking and talked with several persons, among them Truman Lloyd and Thomas Cotter. Mock, it is said, wanted to go to Birdsboro, where he formerly resided and talked of flagging a north-bound freight, but was dissuaded from doing so by Mr. Lloyd, who left the station later. Mock was seen on the platform about seven o’clock after the freight had passed Freights were running all night, and there were two passenger trains down this morning, before the dead man’s remains were noticed by a north-bound train, about 9 o’clock. Word was at once sent to Coroner Russell, but the remains of the dead man were still lying exposed on the track at 11 o’clock when a news reporter visited the scene. The dead man was most horribly mangled. The main part of his body lay on the outside of the west track and the severed head lay on the inside of the rail. The body was dismembered and parts of the flesh, etc were strewed along for fifty yards, where one leg with a shoe intact on the foot was found. Nearby laid a package of bread the man carried last night, and confectionery was strewed along with the flesh. The liver laid alongside a portion of the other shoe. The man was so badly mangled that several did not recognize him at first, although he was known to them. The sight was a terrible one, yet the remains were allowed to remain uncovered, although women and children passed on their way to the station. It is stated that the dead man has a wife and married daughter in this vicinity, but no definite knowledge of their whereabouts could be obtained. Daily Local News, February 20, 1909 The remains of James Mock, who was killed near Lenape last week, were brought to Elverson, on Tuesday, accompanied by relatives and friends, en route to Pine Swamp, where interment was made.