The daily morning journal and courier., 1897-11-08
AN UNKNOWN MAN KILLED
AT BRANFORD EARLY SUNDAY
 MORNING BY 4 TRAIN,

Body Brought to This City From Guilford
 by Adams Express Train-Evidently a
 swede About 35 Years of Age-His Name
 ticles Found on the Body.
 An unknown man who had been
 struck by train at the MontoWese
 crossing in Branford was brought to
 this city about 3:30 o'clock yesterday
 morning. Word had been sent to have
 the hospital am, .ance at Union depot
 when the injured man arrived, but he
 died before the train on which he was
 being conveyed reached New Haven.
 Dr. White, the medical examiner, was
 notified and has since been investtgat-
 ing the case.
 The conductor of the Adams express
 train No. coming from the east had
 received orders to stop at Guilford and
 bring to New Haven a man who had
 been killed. The conductor ana bag
 gage master of No. said yesterday
 that on reaching Guilford they found
 there man badly injured lying on
 stretcher in the depot. They did not
 stop to ask questions, but according to
 their orders placed the man aboard
 their train and brought him to this city It was ascertained last night that the
 man had been struck at the MontoWese crossing in Branford by train No 9S, which left New Haven eastward bound about o'clock Sunday morning, and that the train stopped, picked him up and took him to Guilford.
 The body after reaching New Haven was taken to Lewis & Maycock's un- dertaking rooms, where it was exam ined by pr. White. It was found that the skull had been broken at the back
 of the head, the right arm broken above the elbow, and that the left arm broken
 above the elbow was hanging by a
 few shreds of flesh. There were also several bruises on the body. The re-
 mains had not been positively identified last night.
 The man was fairly we'll dressed and wore a black suit, a good overcoat and gaiter, shoes. In a pocket was found
 an old silver watch, which had stopped
 at 11:5S. In another pocket were found two bills. One was a grocery bill from F. F. French, a grocer of Lynn, Mass, for goods bought at three different times to the amount of $10, and dated May, 1896. The other bill was from an upholsterer and dealer in second hand furniture of Lynn, and was also for $10. It was dated May, 1896, and was re- | ceipted. One bill was made out to A. l Carlton and the other to I. c. Carlton, and from this it is inferred that the l last name of the unfortunate man was | Carlton. He did not appear to be an American, but was evidently for eigner, evidently Swede.
 There was also found in a pocket an l unused railroad ticket on the Boston and Maine railroad from Rockport to | Gloucester. In another pocket was | found a good memorandum book, coc- l taining several entries mostly in fig l ures and in two places on different | pages the address, Leetes Island, Conn. | $1.05 in small change was found in an- ] other pocket and in one of the overcoat 1 pockets were the fragments of a | broken whiskey bottle, which had evil | dently contained some liquor, as the
 coat was drenched with whiskey. The l man was about thirty-five years of age, | 5 feet 2 inches in height and weighed about 150. He had brown hair, blue | eyes and @ sandy mustache.
 Dr. White, thinking from the address Leete's Island, Conn.,, found in the note | book, that the dead man might be | known in that town, last night tele- | honed to the hotel at Leete's Island | asking information. The hotel propri- | etor stated that he knew nothing of | the man, but that if he was able to secure any facts that might lead to his Identification, he would communi- | acte with Dr. White.