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Train Kills Man in Mechanicville, Victim Believed Deaf and Dumb
A man identified tentatively as Adalphue Akins, New York city, an itinerant peddler and handy man, was killed Instantly by a northbound Delaware and Hudson train at Mechanicville yesterday afternoon.
An examination by Dr. G. W Crissey, Mechanicville, indicated the man was deaf and dumb. Engineer Thomas Murray and Fireman L. E- Praris of the train, the crack Laurentian express to Monteral, said they blew the whistle repeatedly when they saw the man
walking along the track ahead of the train, but he appeared not to hear it, and they were unable to stop the train before it struck him.
Mechanicville police said tentative identification was made when
papers were found bearing the address of Martin Doyle, North Adams, where, they learned, Akins had lived recently for several days. At the Doyle home it was learned the man had left a scrap of paper bearing a New York city address. The street and number, written in pencil, was illegible, police said. A bag containing razor blades and other articles he is believed to have sold from house to house, was found near the body.
(Pub. in The Albany Times Union, Albany, N. Y., Sunday, September 15, 1940, Page A-5)
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Train Kills Man in Mechanicville, Victim Believed Deaf and Dumb
A man identified tentatively as Adalphue Akins, New York city, an itinerant peddler and handy man, was killed Instantly by a northbound Delaware and Hudson train at Mechanicville yesterday afternoon.
An examination by Dr. G. W Crissey, Mechanicville, indicated the man was deaf and dumb. Engineer Thomas Murray and Fireman L. E- Praris of the train, the crack Laurentian express to Monteral, said they blew the whistle repeatedly when they saw the man
walking along the track ahead of the train, but he appeared not to hear it, and they were unable to stop the train before it struck him.
Mechanicville police said tentative identification was made when
papers were found bearing the address of Martin Doyle, North Adams, where, they learned, Akins had lived recently for several days. At the Doyle home it was learned the man had left a scrap of paper bearing a New York city address. The street and number, written in pencil, was illegible, police said. A bag containing razor blades and other articles he is believed to have sold from house to house, was found near the body.
(Pub. in The Albany Times Union, Albany, N. Y., Sunday, September 15, 1940, Page A-5)
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March 24, 2023
Killed by a train in New York.....
Train Kills Man in Mechanicville, Victim Believed Deaf and Dumb
A man identified tentatively as Adalphue Akins, New York city, an itinerant peddler and handy man, was killed Instantly by a northbound Delaware and Hudson train at Mechanicville yesterday afternoon.
An examination by Dr. G. W Crissey, Mechanicville, indicated the man was deaf and dumb. Engineer Thomas Murray and Fireman L. E- Praris of the train, the crack Laurentian express to Monteral, said they blew the whistle repeatedly when they saw the man
walking along the track ahead of the train, but he appeared not to hear it, and they were unable to stop the train before it struck him.
Mechanicville police said tentative identification was made when
papers were found bearing the address of Martin Doyle, North Adams, where, they learned, Akins had lived recently for several days. At the Doyle home it was learned the man had left a scrap of paper bearing a New York city address. The street and number, written in pencil, was illegible, police said. A bag containing razor blades and other articles he is believed to have sold from house to house, was found near the body.
(Pub. in The Albany Times Union, Albany, N. Y., Sunday, September 15, 1940, Page A-5)
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Contributor: luddy (48192696)
March 24, 2023
Train Kills Man in Mechanicville, Victim Believed Deaf and Dumb
A man identified tentatively as Adalphue Akins, New York city, an itinerant peddler and handy man, was killed Instantly by a northbound Delaware and Hudson train at Mechanicville yesterday afternoon.
An examination by Dr. G. W Crissey, Mechanicville, indicated the man was deaf and dumb. Engineer Thomas Murray and Fireman L. E- Praris of the train, the crack Laurentian express to Monteral, said they blew the whistle repeatedly when they saw the man
walking along the track ahead of the train, but he appeared not to hear it, and they were unable to stop the train before it struck him.
Mechanicville police said tentative identification was made when
papers were found bearing the address of Martin Doyle, North Adams, where, they learned, Akins had lived recently for several days. At the Doyle home it was learned the man had left a scrap of paper bearing a New York city address. The street and number, written in pencil, was illegible, police said. A bag containing razor blades and other articles he is believed to have sold from house to house, was found near the body.
(Pub. in The Albany Times Union, Albany, N. Y., Sunday, September 15, 1940, Page A-5)
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