| Orlando Wetherbee Found Dead
As the freight train that left this city at 6 a.m., Sunday, was passing William Baker's mill, near the Lunenburg line, the engineer discovered the body of a man lying between the tracks. The train was stopped, as was also the milk train which followed half an hour later. The body was put on board the milk train and carried to North Leominster, where the remains were viewed by Medical Examiner Miller of this city. The body was taken to Undertaker Cummings' office, but it was not till about 2 p.m., that the body was positively identified as Orlando Wetherbee. He was seen near the station late Saturday night under the influence of liquor, and it is probable that he either wandered down the road and was run over by a night freight train, or fell from a train. It was singular that none of the crowd that viewed the body, Sunday foremoon, could positively identify it, for several were well acquainted with Mr. Wetherbee. The top of his head was cut off, and both legs and arms were broken, but his face was not badly injured. He had on a new suit of clothes purchased of Farnsworth Brothers on Friday. His watch was running when the body was found, so that gave no clue as to the time of the accident. His collar and shirt were marked "O.W." and three keys usually carried by railroad men were found in his pocket, and these were identified by Thomas Warren, with whom Mr. Wetherbee formerly boarded. In the afternoon, Chief Gilchrest requested Samuel Osborn, with whom Mr. Wetherbee has lived many years, to view the body, and he immediately recognized it as that of Mr. Wetherbee. The deceased was formerly a brakeman on the Vt. Division and was a son of Silas Wetherbee of Ashby, and leaves a daughter who now lives in Sterling. During the war, he served three years in Co. B, 15th regiment, and was a brave soldier. He was taken prisoner at Gettysburg and wounded in the Wilderness. |