Note: the year of birth for Jacob on the headstone indicates 1839 and appears to be incorrect. The 1831 birth year was supplied by another FindAGrave contributor. All of the census records indicate he was older than his wife, Lydia.
An detailed account of Jacob's death was published in the Atlantic Daily Telegraph (Atlantic, Iowa), December 8, 1890, page 2 and Atlantic Telegraph (Atlantic, Iowa), December 10, 1890, page 5.
Under the Wheels
Jacob Antrim Ground to pieces on the Rock Island Track - The Tragic Ending of a Sunday Spree
Jacob Antrim, a farmer living about four miles west of this city, was the victim of a horrifying fatality Sunday afternoon. As near as the particulars can be gathered Mr. Antrim came to town early in the morning. He was not in the habit of hard drinking, but he evidently fell in with bad company and when he started for home about noon was heavily under the influence of liquor. He undertook to walk out the track and after going as far as the starch factory he fell and was either stunned or passed into an unconscious stupor, with his body between the rails of the track. how long he remained in this position is not known. The engineer of a freight which pulled into Atlantic about 1 o'clock saw an object ahead of him when too late to stop his train. It was the body of the drunken man, which, when the train could finally be halted, was found torn into a hundred pieces, and scattered along between the rails. The head and trunk were mutilated fearfully and practically torn to pieces. The man could not be identified until his pocket book and some papers were found giving his name. In the pocketbook were about $25 in bills and a bank deposit check, besides a number of letters which fully settled the question of identity. Near the point at which the train struck him was an empty whiskey flask. Another flask from which the cork had not been drawn, was also found.
Coroner Egan was at once notified and a jury impaneled, the train men being detained long enough to give their testimony. They were the only witnesses and all told the same story. The verdick returned by the jury was as follows:
We find the said Jacob Antrim came to his death by being struck and run over by a freight train on the C.R.I. & P.R.R. through his own carelessness. No blame is attached to the train men. W. C. Egan, Coroner.
Mr. Antrim was a man of some means and his family are estimable people. The horrible manner of his death is a stunning blow to them.
An detailed account of Jacob's death was published in the Atlantic Daily Telegraph (Atlantic, Iowa), December 8, 1890, page 2 and Atlantic Telegraph (Atlantic, Iowa), December 10, 1890, page 5.
Under the Wheels
Jacob Antrim Ground to pieces on the Rock Island Track - The Tragic Ending of a Sunday Spree
Jacob Antrim, a farmer living about four miles west of this city, was the victim of a horrifying fatality Sunday afternoon. As near as the particulars can be gathered Mr. Antrim came to town early in the morning. He was not in the habit of hard drinking, but he evidently fell in with bad company and when he started for home about noon was heavily under the influence of liquor. He undertook to walk out the track and after going as far as the starch factory he fell and was either stunned or passed into an unconscious stupor, with his body between the rails of the track. how long he remained in this position is not known. The engineer of a freight which pulled into Atlantic about 1 o'clock saw an object ahead of him when too late to stop his train. It was the body of the drunken man, which, when the train could finally be halted, was found torn into a hundred pieces, and scattered along between the rails. The head and trunk were mutilated fearfully and practically torn to pieces. The man could not be identified until his pocket book and some papers were found giving his name. In the pocketbook were about $25 in bills and a bank deposit check, besides a number of letters which fully settled the question of identity. Near the point at which the train struck him was an empty whiskey flask. Another flask from which the cork had not been drawn, was also found.
Coroner Egan was at once notified and a jury impaneled, the train men being detained long enough to give their testimony. They were the only witnesses and all told the same story. The verdick returned by the jury was as follows:
We find the said Jacob Antrim came to his death by being struck and run over by a freight train on the C.R.I. & P.R.R. through his own carelessness. No blame is attached to the train men. W. C. Egan, Coroner.
Mr. Antrim was a man of some means and his family are estimable people. The horrible manner of his death is a stunning blow to them.
Note: the year of birth for Jacob on the headstone indicates 1839 and appears to be incorrect. The 1831 birth year was supplied by another FindAGrave contributor. All of the census records indicate he was older than his wife, Lydia.
An detailed account of Jacob's death was published in the Atlantic Daily Telegraph (Atlantic, Iowa), December 8, 1890, page 2 and Atlantic Telegraph (Atlantic, Iowa), December 10, 1890, page 5.
Under the Wheels
Jacob Antrim Ground to pieces on the Rock Island Track - The Tragic Ending of a Sunday Spree
Jacob Antrim, a farmer living about four miles west of this city, was the victim of a horrifying fatality Sunday afternoon. As near as the particulars can be gathered Mr. Antrim came to town early in the morning. He was not in the habit of hard drinking, but he evidently fell in with bad company and when he started for home about noon was heavily under the influence of liquor. He undertook to walk out the track and after going as far as the starch factory he fell and was either stunned or passed into an unconscious stupor, with his body between the rails of the track. how long he remained in this position is not known. The engineer of a freight which pulled into Atlantic about 1 o'clock saw an object ahead of him when too late to stop his train. It was the body of the drunken man, which, when the train could finally be halted, was found torn into a hundred pieces, and scattered along between the rails. The head and trunk were mutilated fearfully and practically torn to pieces. The man could not be identified until his pocket book and some papers were found giving his name. In the pocketbook were about $25 in bills and a bank deposit check, besides a number of letters which fully settled the question of identity. Near the point at which the train struck him was an empty whiskey flask. Another flask from which the cork had not been drawn, was also found.
Coroner Egan was at once notified and a jury impaneled, the train men being detained long enough to give their testimony. They were the only witnesses and all told the same story. The verdick returned by the jury was as follows:
We find the said Jacob Antrim came to his death by being struck and run over by a freight train on the C.R.I. & P.R.R. through his own carelessness. No blame is attached to the train men. W. C. Egan, Coroner.
Mr. Antrim was a man of some means and his family are estimable people. The horrible manner of his death is a stunning blow to them.
An detailed account of Jacob's death was published in the Atlantic Daily Telegraph (Atlantic, Iowa), December 8, 1890, page 2 and Atlantic Telegraph (Atlantic, Iowa), December 10, 1890, page 5.
Under the Wheels
Jacob Antrim Ground to pieces on the Rock Island Track - The Tragic Ending of a Sunday Spree
Jacob Antrim, a farmer living about four miles west of this city, was the victim of a horrifying fatality Sunday afternoon. As near as the particulars can be gathered Mr. Antrim came to town early in the morning. He was not in the habit of hard drinking, but he evidently fell in with bad company and when he started for home about noon was heavily under the influence of liquor. He undertook to walk out the track and after going as far as the starch factory he fell and was either stunned or passed into an unconscious stupor, with his body between the rails of the track. how long he remained in this position is not known. The engineer of a freight which pulled into Atlantic about 1 o'clock saw an object ahead of him when too late to stop his train. It was the body of the drunken man, which, when the train could finally be halted, was found torn into a hundred pieces, and scattered along between the rails. The head and trunk were mutilated fearfully and practically torn to pieces. The man could not be identified until his pocket book and some papers were found giving his name. In the pocketbook were about $25 in bills and a bank deposit check, besides a number of letters which fully settled the question of identity. Near the point at which the train struck him was an empty whiskey flask. Another flask from which the cork had not been drawn, was also found.
Coroner Egan was at once notified and a jury impaneled, the train men being detained long enough to give their testimony. They were the only witnesses and all told the same story. The verdick returned by the jury was as follows:
We find the said Jacob Antrim came to his death by being struck and run over by a freight train on the C.R.I. & P.R.R. through his own carelessness. No blame is attached to the train men. W. C. Egan, Coroner.
Mr. Antrim was a man of some means and his family are estimable people. The horrible manner of his death is a stunning blow to them.
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Jacob G. Antrim
July 29, 1839 - Dec. 7, 1890
Lydia, his wife
Nov. 16, 1836 - Aug. 27, 1909
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