The death of Mrs. Marie Duden, 52, of Crookston, who was struck and killed by a southbound Northern Pacific passenger train at a crossing one and a half miles north of the city Monday afternoon, was ruled a suicide by Dr. H. E. Nelson County coroner.
According to the engineer of the train, he saw Mrs. Duden come out of the ditch and walk along the track moving closer as the train approached.
He said he kept blowing the whistle but Mrs. Duden walked onto the main track. The engineer said he applied emergency brakes but was unable to stop before hitting her. Mrs. Duden's body was thrown about 300 feet and was badly mangled.
Mrs. Duden was born December 30, 1906 at Euclid and lived in that area until about four years ago when her husband, William, died. At that time she moved to Crookston.
Survivors include two sons, Maurice and William at Watertown, Wisconsin; two brothers Ben and William Strickler of Euclid and a sister Mrs. Nellie Masters of Oakland California.
The death of Mrs. Marie Duden, 52, of Crookston, who was struck and killed by a southbound Northern Pacific passenger train at a crossing one and a half miles north of the city Monday afternoon, was ruled a suicide by Dr. H. E. Nelson County coroner.
According to the engineer of the train, he saw Mrs. Duden come out of the ditch and walk along the track moving closer as the train approached.
He said he kept blowing the whistle but Mrs. Duden walked onto the main track. The engineer said he applied emergency brakes but was unable to stop before hitting her. Mrs. Duden's body was thrown about 300 feet and was badly mangled.
Mrs. Duden was born December 30, 1906 at Euclid and lived in that area until about four years ago when her husband, William, died. At that time she moved to Crookston.
Survivors include two sons, Maurice and William at Watertown, Wisconsin; two brothers Ben and William Strickler of Euclid and a sister Mrs. Nellie Masters of Oakland California.
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