The daily morning journal and courier. [volume] (New Haven, Conn.) 1894-1907, 1895-08-12
MET DEATH ON THE TRACKS
UNKN0 tVN MAN STR UCK AND KILLED
EARLY SUNDAY MORNING.

His Groans Awoke Ex-Postnaster English
Found In the Gutter Underneath the
whitney Avenue Bridge-No Clue to His
Identity--The Authorities Investigating.
Shortly after 8 o'clock yesterday
morning the body Of an unknown man
was found lying alongside of the tracks
of the Northampton division of the
Whitney avenue bridge, When the
body was first discovered life was not
extinct and the remains were removed
to the hospital, where he died shortly
after his admission. The body was
kept at the hospital, but had not been
identified UP to midnight.
Shortly before o'clock ex-Postmaster
Benjamin r. English, who lives in the
vicinity, was awakened from his sleep
by groans and cries issuing from the
direction of the railroad track and dis
| tinctly heard the words, Take him
off from me. For Gods sake get off
from me-" Mr.. English hastily dressed
himself and went to the Whitney ave-
nue. bridge and looked over the railing.
Underneath in the gutter alongside the
| tracks he saw the body of a man. He
| Immediately returned to his home and
| notified the police by telephone, telling
| Sergeant Cook, who was in charge, that
| he had better send plenty of men to
| assist in getting the body up the bank.
| The police ambulance was quickly
sent to the scene with Signal Officer
| Bradley and Patrolmen r. T. Moore
and P. j. Hayes. At the same time
! Medical Examiner White was notified
and he, too, was soon upon the scene.
After considerable trouble the body
| was carried up the Hillhouse avenue
| bank, after being carried nearly two
| not yet extinct Medical Examiner
White ordered its immediate removal
to the hospital.
| Medical Examiner White also rode
to the hospital in the ambulance. Up
on the arrival there 1T was first thought
| that the man was dead, but the medi-
| cal examiner detected some slight signs
of life and administered hypodermic
| injection of whiskey. This however,
had no effect and within a few moments
I the man was dead. The bones of his
| right knee were crushed into splinters,
his right foot was completely severed and
| only hung to his limb by a shred of
skin, his right cheek broken and the
arch of the temple forced into the
| brain. There was not fracture of the
skull, but on the left side the scalp was
| sliced off as clean as though it had
been cut off with a sharp knife.
| There was nothing in the mans pock-
ers to identify him except four or five
business cards of George HI. Granger,
an expressman of Congress avenue, a
small amount of money, a clay pipe and
paper of tobacco. The victim was
of medium height about thirty-tive
years old, with dark brown hair and
mustache, his face cleanly shaven ex-
cept the mustache and wore a striped
cotton shirt, black trousers, wide rib
bed coat of material similar to cor
duroy, but of cheaper quality, and
No. lace shoes.
Detective Sergeant Cowles was de-
tailed on the case yesterday and saw
Granger, whose cards were found in the
victims pockets, in reference to the
matter. Granger went to the hospital
and viewed the remains, but was unable
to tell what the victims name was.
He said, however, that he understood
that the man had been employed at the
rubber shop and boarded with man
named John ID. Baldwin on Baldwin
avenue He also said that the unknown
man had said something about going to
Waterbury to get job in the rubber
shop there and he had given him
some Of his business cards as he, Gran
ger had brother working in Water
bury.
This morning the remains of the vic
tim will be removed to Lewis & May
cocks morgue and the investigation as
to the cause of death continued. 1t is
supposed that the man while walking
on the tracks was struck by the freight
train which leaves this city about 2
o'clock and rendered unconscious, re-
naming in that condition until about
the time his groans and cries awoke
Mr.. English, but inquiry at the railroad
offices ELECTED the information that nc
report of the accident had been made
there.