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S M Slawinski
unknown – Jul 1890
| Birth | unknown |
| Death | Jul 1890 |
| Cemetery | Saint Stanislaus Catholic Cemetery Duncan , Platte County , Nebraska , USA |
| FaG | https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/83857053 |
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The Columbus Weekly Telegram, July 17, 1890 SLAWINSKI--S.M. Slawinski, postmaster at Duncan, is lying at the point of death at St. Mary's hospital in this city. There is a mystery surrounding the causes which brought this man to the threshold of death. He was in the city during the afternoon and evening, Wednesday, and was noticed to be under the influence of liquor. About 10:30 p.m., he left a saloon where he had spent a considerable portion of the evening, saying that he intended going home on the 11:20 train. Upon investigation today, the next trace of the man after this, was when he was found lying alongside the main track of the Union Pacific, near the freight depot. He was found there by Henry Keating, an attache of the Union Pacific freight house about 11:45 Wednesday night. Keating got him up and took him into the freight house, supposing that all that was the matter with him was that he was intoxicated. Keating went out and found the night policeman who went up to the freight depot and took Slawinski to jail. The night policeman says he visited Slawinski in jail about 5:30 a.m., yesterday. The prisoner called for a drink of water, which the police gave him and then went away. Between 9 and 10 o'clock Chief Taylor went to the jail, and found the prisoner, as he supposed, asleep. He tried to arouse him but to no purpose. Then he called Dr. Evans. Upon examination, Dr. Evans found that Slawinski had suffered an attack of cerebral apoplexy, which had caused paralysis of the entire left side. Besides this there were some cuts on his hip, which the doctor thinks were made by broken glass. The unfortunate man was removed from the jail to the hospital, where he lies in an unconscious state. It is supposed that Slawinski boarded No. 7, the express west, due here at 11:20, but being in his cups, fell from the platform of the car just as the train was pulling out. The concussion caused the apoplectic stroke while the wounds on the hip were probably produced by the breaking of a bottle which he likely had in his hip pocket. His wife was notified yesterday of his precarious condition and came down from Duncan. Slawinski is the father of three young children. The attending physicians do not believe that he can recover. If he had received medical treatment in any reasonable length of time, the result might have been different. But he was in jail seven or eight hours after he was hurt before a physician saw him. [...and...] S.M. Slawinski, the man who was found lying in the Union Pacific yards about midnight Wednesday, and who is supposed to have fallen off the westbound express, died at about 11 o'clock last night at St. Mary's hospital. It is supposed that he received injuries in falling which caused cerebral apoplexy, paralysis and death. Therefore, it is presumed that the coroner will hold an inquest today, to see where the blame, if any, attaches. Slawinski never regained consciousness from the time of his removal to the hospital on THursday forenoon, up to the time of his deathy. The deceased was probably about 30 years of age. He leaves a wife and three small children. He was postmaster at Duncan and ran a general store. [...and...] The remains of S.M. Slawinski were sent to Duncan yesterday for interment. It is rumored that his death will result in a suit against some of the saloon men in this city for damages. Just what particular saloon keeper or keepers will be drawn into this action, we have not learned.
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- Victoria Slawinski Tworek 1885–1933
- Michael Ignacy Slawinski 1886–1886
- Stanislaus Michael Slawinski 1889–1958
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