This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Classification: Death Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/rw/0AC.2ACI/2563 Message Board Post: August 27, 1887 Weekly Nevada State Journal (Reno, Nevada) Coroner's Inquest Information Elicited Regarding the Man Found Near Verdi From the evidence adduced before the Coroner's Jury, it is evident that the man found lying near the railroad tracks near Verdi, was to a certain degree demented. He had been in the vicinity of Verdi since Thursday last, and his peculiar actions excited more or less comment. On Thursday he purchased some eatables at Lonkey's store in Verdi, and went to the lower end of the Truckee Lumber Yard, where he borrowed a hatchet to open a can of oysters, and also asked permission to build a fire to cook his food. They told him to go down to the river bank to make a fire, which he did. That evening about 10 o'clock he left the river, and went to the upper end of the lumber yard and built a fire, and the watchman told him that he could not remain there and directed him to a small cabin near the railroad track, and below the lumber yard. Here he took up his abode. On Friday he was seen by the trackman seated on the side of the road. He was also seen on Friday evening in the vicin! ity of the cabin. He was not seen after this until he was found on Saturday evening, lying near the track in a semi-conscious condition, and severely bruised around the right eye as if from a blow. He could not talk or in any manner give any information in regard to what had befallen him. He was found on the north side of the road, within four feet of the track, and close to the cabin with his head resting between two rocks and his feet toward the track. They tried to make him stand but he was powerless to do so. They placed him in the cabin and notified the Justice of the Peace at Verdi, who telegraphed to Wadsworth for permission to send him to Reno on an extra. This was granted, and he arrived here on Saturday night, at 11 o'clock, and was taken to the hospital, where he died on Sunday afternoon, about 3 o'clock. He was not intoxicated but from the evidence adduced was in a demented condition, and seated himself on the track where the road makes an abrupt turn, ren! dering it impossible for him to be seen by the engineer or fireman, an d was struck by a passing train and knocked from the track. The bruise found on his right side gives color to this conclusion. From the position of his head and the discoloration about the neck, the vertebrae was unquestionably dislocated and death was inevitable. The sum of seven dollars and a quarter and papers were found on his person, from which it was learned that his name was ROGER HANLY, and is supposed to have been a resident of RUTLAND, Vermont. Coroner H. P. Brown will notify the unfortunate man's brother of the facts in the case immediately. The Jury rendered a verdict in accordance with the above facts. His remains were buried yesterday afternoon.