The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-12-29
DIED VERY SUDDENLY.
The Man Supposed to Be Thomas
Mccormick

An unknown man, unconscious and
apparently in the throes of death, was
found by Officer Pete Carroll shortly
after O'Clock yesterday morning, lying
on the bluff near the high bridge be-
tween Smith avenue and Leach street.
on this side Of the river The mans
clothes were in a diSheveled condition.
as though he had crawled some DIS
lance to where he was found He was
taken to the city hospital. The strane-
er was unable to speak, but struggled
with the officers until the hospital was
reached, when he was placed under
the care of physicians. DESPITE every
effort of the attendants, the man died
at IL o'clock without having regained
consciousness. An autopsy was held
last night, showing that the man died
of acute alcoholism
The unknown had nothing about his
person which would disclose his identi
ty. He was about thirty Eight years
old, of medium height and weighed
about 140 pounds. A thin blonde mus
tache covered his upper lip, while his
hair was light in color and quite heavy
The stranger was attired in a suit of
dark gray spotted clothes and wore a
snort brown OVercOat. He Wore heavy
buttoned shoes of a cheap grade 4
thorough search Of the mans clothes
brough to light a collection of PAPERS
but to which no name was attached
Several receipts for newspapers signed
by John Sydon, James Rogers and
Charles Emerson led to the suppositiOn
that the dead man may have been q
news agent. The receipts were direct
ed to Box 81 at the Saltwater post
ONCE. A business card bearing the
name of Robert Grady, the Seventh
street saloonkeeper, was found on the
man, but Mr.. Grady Informed the no.
lice that he knew nothing of the
stranger
Box b. at Saltwater Is the number
of the box through which convicts at
the state prison receive their mail b11t
no one bearing the names on the re-
ceipts found in the dead mans posses
sion has recently been discharged from
the prison. There u.s. however. a man
serving sentence at the prison by the
name of Charles Emerson, who was
sent there from Cottonwood county
Dec 20, and it is though possible thai
the unknown may be a discharged
prisoner, who received the paners
found from Emerson before he left the
penitentiary. The style Of the MANI.
clothes rather substantiate this theory
Thomas Mccormick, who was SERVING
a year and half from Hennepin coun
ty for burglary, was discharged from
the prison Dec. q and corresponds
closely to description Of the dead
man. Mccormick was known to have
subscribed for several papers the day
he left the penitentiary
information received by the GIobe
from Warden Wolfer, of the state peni
tertiary, late last night, conclusively
establishes the identity Of the dead
man as Thomas Mccormick, who was
released from the prison Dec. % in
company with another convict named
George Allen. The description of Nc
Cormick kept at the prison shows him
to have been man thirty three years
OF age, weight 143 pounds, and about
five feet nine inches tall The records
also show Mccormick to have been
tattooed on both arms and the figures
recorded are the same as those found
on the body Of the dead man. On the
left arm was a sailor standing under
the folds Of an American flag. while
on the back of the right hand was
tatooed a large cannon. On the right
arm above the wrist, was a crucif1x
and the figure of a. kneeling woman.
All of these marks were found on the
dead man at the city hospital The
receipts in his pockets are accounted
for by the fact that upon his release,
he was, given money by other prisoners
with, .Which to subscribe for papers
for the4iiT
Mccormick and Allen left the prison