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William J. Dowis

Birth	:	1880
Death	:	20 Sep 1908 Seltice, Whitman County, Washington, USA
Burial	:	Colfax Cemetery, Colfax, Whitman County, USA
Coordinate	:	46.8891983, -117.3494034
Plot	:	Block 1, 2nd Addition, Lot 53, Grave 5
Description	:	ESCAPE FROM MEDICAL LAKE Run Over by Train and Body Mangled in Horrible Manner The body of W.J. Dowis lies at the undertaking parlors awaiting final disposition as soon as his mother can be heard from. Dowis was run over by a train or trains of the O.R.& N. near Seltice sometime Sunday night, his body being mangled in a horrible manner. There is hardly a bone that is not broken, the top of the head is torn off, a portion of the brain is missing, the left shoulder is gone, the left arm is crushed to a pulp and the back... Read More	ESCAPE FROM MEDICAL LAKE Run Over by Train and Body Mangled in Horrible Manner The body of W.J. Dowis lies at the undertaking parlors awaiting final disposition as soon as his mother can be heard from. Dowis was run over by a train or trains of the O.R.& N. near Seltice sometime Sunday night, his body being mangled in a horrible manner. There is hardly a bone that is not broken, the top of the head is torn off, a portion of the brain is missing, the left shoulder is gone, the left arm is crushed to a pulp and the back broken in the region of the kidneys. The condition of the body leads to the belief that more than one train passed over it. The mangled remains were discovered Sunday evening by the engineer and fireman on passenger train No. 7, bound from Pendleton to Spokane. The fact was established that his name was W.J. Dowis and that he was an escape from the hospital for the insane at Medical Lake Saturday morning. How he got to Tekoa no one knows, but at Tekoa, a man answering his description was seen to crawl under one of the coaches of the passenger train Sunday evening and climb on the trucks. He is supposed to have had an epileptic fit, to which he was subject, and fell off. Undertaker Bruning telegraphed to Dr. Semple, superintendent of the hospital at Medical Lake, and from him learned the address of Dowis' mother. The Dowis home is at Tum Tum, Stevens County, but Mrs. Dowis was visiting at Jamesport, Missouri, a telegram from there to Mr. Bruning stating that she had left Jamesport and was on her way home by rail. She will certainly go to Medical Lake to see her son when she arrives, so will soon be made acquainted with the terrible facts. Dowis was 32 or 33 years of age and had been at Medical Lake for several years. The Colfax gazette., September 25, 1908, Image 4 ===== Son of Hamilton M Dowis and Belle Mitchell ===== William J Dowis in the Washington, Deaths, 1883-1960 Name: William J Dowis Gender: Male Birth Date: abt 1880 Death Date: 20 Sep 1908 Age at Death: 28 Death Location: Colfax, Whitman, Washington Father: Hamilton M Dowis Mother: Bell Mitchell Record Source Washington State Death Records ===== Charge to D. Cummings, Tumtum, Wash Cause of death: Fell under train

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William J. Dowis's memorial is located at: Colfax Cemetery, Colfax, Whitman County, USA.
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William J. Dowis death on 20 Sep 1908 in Seltice, Whitman County, Washington, USA
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Latitude: 46.8891983
Longitude: -117.3494034

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Hampton M. Dowis

(1856 - 1880)

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