| From the Charleston Mercury |
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| June 25, 1861 |
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| An Inquest was held yesterday morning, on
Line street, near the South Carolina Railroad Depot, over the body of
an unknown negro man, who had been seen walking between the tracks of
the Northeastern Railroad and the South Carolina Railroad, near
Rikersville. The cars were going at the rate of three miles an hour,
having blown the whistle and slackened speed on nearing the city. when
the engine had approached within about eight feet of the negro, he
attempted to cross the track and was instantly killed, the engine
passing over his neck. He was dressed in drab drap d'ete pants,
new shoes, check shirt and felt hat, was very bald on the top of the
head with full head of hair on each side of the head, whiskers,
&c. The Coroner remained until ten o'clock, but could find no one
to identify, and ordered the body to be buried. |
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| {in the next day's issue} |
| The Slave Daniel, killed on the
South Carolina Railroad yesterday morning, has been disinterred and
identified as the property of W. H. Chapman, Esq. He was a valuable
servant, and his sudden death is much regretted by his owner. |
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