EAKMAN'S TRAGIC DEATH
Ed Eakman of Manning Has Both Legs Crushed Beneath Car Wheels at Luton.
The Injured Man is Hurried to Sioux City Where he Dies After Amputation of Limbs.
Eakman Had Lived Here For Fifteen Years Past and Was About Thirty-three Years Old.
HIS REMAINS ARE BROUGHT HOME FOR BURIAL WHICH TOOK PLACE WEDNESDAY.

Because he dreamed of hearing cries of agony while asleep in a box car on the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul, Edward Eakman of Manning received injuries from which he died an hour later in a hospital at Sioux City. George Eakman of this place received a telegram late Sunday evening telling of the death of his brother, and he left for Sioux City on Monday morning via the Milwaukee. Monday's Sioux City Journal tells of how young Eakman came by his death in the following. With both legs almost cut off, Ed R. Eakman, of Manning, Iowa, was brought to Sioux City last night from Luton, where he had been crushed under the wheels of an east bound Chicago, Milwaukee and St. Paul freight train. He was immediately taken to St. Joseph's hospital by the ambulance, where the injured limbs were amputated. At 12:45 o'clock he died. Eakman was about 33 years of ago. He was not married, but stated soon after his injury that he had a brother living on a farm ten miles east of Sioux City, another brother, C.R. Eakman, at Homer, Nebraska, and a third, George A. Eakman, at Manning. The latter was notified at once of the death of his brother.

The accident happened just as the freight train was pulling out of Luton, shortly after 8:30 o'clock The man fell between two cars in crossing from one to the other. A brakeman chanced to see him fall, and as quickly as possible severed the air brake connection and brought the train to a sudden stop.

The man was found lying partly across the rails, the right leg almost cut off near the hip, the other crushed below the knee. The trainmen did everything they could to stop the flow of blood and then telegraphed to the office of Division Superintendent Beardsley for instructions. He ordered them to cut off the engine from the train, attach it to the caboose, put the injured man aboard and then make a flying run to Sioux City, where the poor fellow might get, surgical attendance. The run was made in fast time, and the engine and caboose arrived here shortly after 9 o'clock. Eakman was conscious even when taken from the car at Sioux City, and he gave his name clearly and his home.

The trainmen who picked him up say that the injured man told a strange story about the accident. He told them that he had dreamed while lying asleep in a corner of car. His dream was of a railway accident; he heard the cries of someone who was being crushed under the wheels of a train. He got up hurriedly to give what little help he might, and he climbed through the end door of the car, there his dream ended and he awoke with the horrible realization that he was falling down to where the merciless wheels were grinding and crushing and a moment later he was beneath them.

Remains Brought Home.
The remains of Ed Eakman were shipped home for burial, arriving here Tuesday evening on the Milwaukee limited. The funeral occurred on Wednesday morning at 8 o'clock and interment took place in the Manning Cemetery. Edward Eakman was 33 years old at the time of his death, and he leaves four brothers and two sisters. His father and mother are dead. The deceased had made Manning his home a greater part of the time for the last 14 or 15 years. He meddled not with the private affairs of others, always at tending to his own business, and no one can accuse Ed Eakman of any wrong doings, more than are common with the masses of earth. The deceased was a member in good standing of the Woodmen of the World lodge, and he held a policy for $500 which is made payable at death to a brother, George Eakman.