This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Murphy Classification: Obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/hkB.2ACE/6027 Message Board Post: Galveston Daily News – Tues., 28 April 1874, p. 2, c. 5 Miscellaneous - Milam Messenger, now published at Rockdale - On last Friday morning the freight train bound for this place ran over the foreman of this section, Pat Murphy, literally crushing him to pieces. The deceased was in town the night before, drinking till a late hour. He started home, but had not gone far before he laid down on the track and went to sleep, but it was the sleep that knows no waking. It was first thought by m any he had been murdered and his body placed on the track, but after a searching examination of the body by Dr. Richards and Dr. Walker, all were satisfied such was not the case, no marks of previous violence being found. Deceased leaves a widow and two small children.