OBIT: Michael MALEY, 1891, Ardenheim, Huntingdon County, PA

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INSTANTLY KILLED
THE SAD FATE OF A TELEGRAPH OPERATOR
At Huntingdon Yesterday Morning Michael Maley Was Struck by the Second 
Section of Western Express and His Body Was Terribly Mangled - He Was 
25 Years of Age
TESTIMONY GIVEN BEFORE THE CORONER
It is Supposed That It Was the Intention of Maley to Board a Freight to 
Go Home.

Special to the Tribune.
  HUNTINGDON, Pa., February 24. - When second section of western 
express, No. 9, had passed the Union depot here at 3 o'clock this 
morning, Night Watchman Dale, on making a cursory inspection of the 
tracks, found a battered and bloody pair of shoes lying close to the 
tracks.  In one of the shoes portions of human flesh could be seen.  
Calling assistance, Mr. Dale made further search of the tracks, and 
about sixty feet from where the shoes were lying the mangled and 
mutilated body of a man was found.  It proved to be the remains of 
Michael Maley, a telegraph operator at the CH tower, located about four 
miles east of this place.  The body was removed to the company's 
hospital.
  Coroner Harmon summoned a jury of inquisition when all the facts 
relating to the young man's death were brought out.  Maly [sic], in 
company with a neighbor named Alex. Trimble, jr., had come here last 
evening to attend a ball given in Hermonie hall.  Some time after 
midnight the two started for their homes, stopping on the way at the 
railway telegraph office in the depot building.  When 3 o'clock 
arrived, they concluded to board an east bound freight, just appearing 
in sight.  Before leaving the telegraph office they had been warned to 
look out for approaching western express, which was then on the block.  
Trimble, who was in advance of Maly, walked across the tracks to the 
Leister house sidewalk to wait for the express to pass, and, it is 
supposed, that in attempting to follow his companion Maly was struck by 
the express train just as he had passed in front of the east bound 
freight.  Trimble was unaware of the accident to his friend, and 
boarding the train went on to his destination.
  Maly's death was, of course, instantaneous.  His body was terribly 
mangled.  A deep gash several inches in diameter was inflicted on the 
right side of his head, and cuts and bruises covered his body.  His 
left foot and ankle were mashed.
  The deceased resided with his parents near Ardenheim, east of this 
place.  He was a reliable, faithful employe, and was aged 26 years.  He 
was engaged to be married to a very estimable young lady of that place.  
The coroner's jury returned a verdict of accidental death.

Morning Tribune, Altoona, Pa., Wednesday, February 25, 1891