Hitt, Mary 1843 - 1908

HITT

Posted By: Joy Moore (email)
Date: 6/1/2019 at 11:40:22

Source: Twice-A-Week Plain Dealer Sept. 11, 1908, 2, C5

Mangled Body of a Woman Is Found Cut in Twain.
Blood on the engine wheels, discovered by the engineer and fireman of the southbound flyer on the Chicago, St. Paul, Minneapolis and Omaha railway when they reached Sioux City, was the first clue to the railway tragedy in which Mrs. J. W. Hitt of Le Mars courted a violent death.
The wheels were smeared with blood and shreds of flesh, and long strands of hair clinging to the wheels told the gruesome story of the woman’s death.
A workman passing the Front street railroad crossing found the mangled body of a woman which proved to be that of Mrs. Hitt. The body was cut in two. The head and trunk had rolled several feet down an embankment, and the remainder, mangled in a terrible manner, was scattered along the track for a distance of nearly a block.

Transcriber’s Note: Find a Grave shows this was Mary who is buried in Memorial Cemetery in Le Mars, Iowa. She was born November 3, 1843 and died September 4, 1908.