The morning times., 1896-01-02
DEAD and UNIDENTIFIED
Unk own Man, Arrested for a
Drunk, Dies. at the Hospital.
WAS FIRST PUT IN A CELL
Police Officer Heard His Peculiar
Breathing and Rushed Him 10 the
Hospital, Where He Died on the
Operating Table-No Clue to His
Identity Found by the Surgeons.

An unknown lies on a marble slab in the
morglc OF Emergency Hospital. There is
nothing about the body or clothing TO
came from, and rs yet the cause or death
Is undetermined.
He was picked up by the police of the
Sixth precinct early last night, locked in
cell as drunk, was discovered to be
suffering fronl an unknown illness, was
transferred t3 Emergency Hospital and
died on the operating table few minutes
alter having been placed on IT..
Policeman Wash OF the sixth precinct.
WAS standing at the corner of Third anu c
streets northwest "a FEW minutes past
O'Clock last seyening, when one OF the
sons of Lieut.. Boyle of Tie Third precinct,
rushed up TO him and said that there was
drunk lying at the corner OF Second and
C streets, iast one block away.
CROWD AROUND HIM
Policeman Walsh accompanied the Boyle
boy 10 the place indicated, anu lying OH
the pavement in front OF Esslemcn's store
and surrounded by a crowd, was the figure
of a man.
1t was too dark to see the features OF the
man, and several people struck matches.
There seemed to be nothing unusual about
his features. He was warm and limp,
and there was az o.i6r of 6ie0iOi auoG'
him Thousands of cases apparently ex-
actly similar to this are treated by the
police annually.
Walsh lifted The man to his feet and
spoke to him, trying to rouse him, but
the man did not speak. In the parlance
OF the police, when man is too drunk To
give an account of himself. or to stand
without support, he is termed dead
This was almost literally true i'll this
case. Bvstanders said that the man had
been found lying on the parking adjoining
the tracks OF the Metropolitan Railway anu
had been carried to the corner mentioned.
Walsh Thought surely 1t was just case
of drunk, and SO did everybody connected
with IL.
The patrol wagon was called and the
stranger take to police station No. g.
HE COULD NOT ANSWER.
He was carried before Desk Sergeant
Garner. and the usual questions were asked
of him but he did not answer. The mans
color was all right, bat Mr.. Garner thought
that something might be wrong with the
man.
He was laid III cell, and seemed to sink
into peaceful sleep.
The desk sergeant visited the cell
| several times ana on each visit found tht
| man appurently resting well. AT ten min
| Ntt> 10 bitc iioAS hNhNp ~
| the cell room TO see If lie could do anything
| TO help brace the man up.
| The regular, peaceful breathing had
ceased and there was an ugly rattle IN thu
| mans throat. Garner did not wait on
| moment. The gong sounded and the patrO
| -olled into action. The man was tenderil
| lifted in and a rush made for Emergency
| Hospital. This was reached in Few
minutes. and the man laid on The table Al
| the operating room.
| Surgeon McGrath was al his side. but I
| glance told him that human skill would b
| OF no avail. The man was dying.
| Just as the clock struck 10 he ceased Il
| breathe. and in u few minutes more the bod.
| was stretched out in the nIorgue with
| sheet for "a. .shroud.
NOT YET IDENTIFIED.
The man Iooked like a iaborer. He wa
| five feet eight inches tall, large blue eyes
| prominent NC So. 81 Crt oIoIped auburn ban
| irregular tecthl and rather coarse hands
He had a light BGstache. BE was dTeSse
in Il brown wcc!ca shirt gray pcntS, Blu
overaI!s stuuD warkingman's shoes, era
coat, ard vest, and short, black oveI
coat. In his pcekeis were black cotlu
handkerchief. a broken hair brush n FEY
peanuts, deck Of miniature nla ying card
and part of a BlGg, OF tobacco.
No money was found on h,m. There al
various theories, tat they ere hut theories
One is Il at thezn!en was Gopcd and robbed
| tIie other mat he died cf heart trouble. Ill
| coroner will he notified this morning.