The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1904-07-23
JUMPED TO DEATH.
Joseph SabOrain Killed by the
Cars Near Marquette, Tuesday
Afternoon, While En- Route
From LAnse to that City
Formerly Lived In L'Anse.
The following is taken from the
Mining Journal OF Wednesday:

Joseph Saborain, a resident ol
Marquette. received fatal injuries
under the wheels of the St. Paul
train due here at $50 clock at the
scales, less than mile above the
South Shore depot, late yesterday
afternoon, dying in the baggage car
of the train, whence it was deemed
useless to remove him, two hours
later. Saborain was stealing ride
onJthe blind baggage, that is, on the
platform between the baggage car
and the locomotive tender, and leaped
from the train at the scales. The
cars were moving so swiftly that
he was unable to keep his feet, and
after an Intellectual struggle to pre-
vent himself from going to the
ground, he keeled over and was
thrown beneath the wheels. His
right leg was cut off above the ankle
and one of his hands was ground of.
The wound that caused death, how
ever, was fracture of the skull
that laid open the poor fellow S
brain.
"Saborain's leap from the train
was noticed by the fireman, and he
was seen to 60 under the wheels after
running along in great strides by
the side of the train for distance OF
a hundred feet, it is said. The train
was stopped and the unconscious
body picked up. Arriving at the
depot a doctor was summoned. He
said there was no hope for the un-
fortunate man, and that there was
no use in removing him to the hos
pital.
"The news of the accident quickly
spread about town, and hundreds of
curious people visited the car. Many
OF the more morbid of their number
witnessed the poor fellows suffer-
ings, truly CHASTITY sight, for some
minutes at a time.
"Saborain had lately been away
from Marquette. 1t is reported that
he was at Champion yesterday
morning. He got on blind bag
gage somewhere up the line, but last
evening no one appeared to know
just where. The deceased has rela-
tives here. He was a brother-in.
law of Charles Dion, the engineer at
the city crusher. He was about
twenty-four years of age"
Joseph Saborain had resided in
L'Anse most of his life, up to few
months ago, when his parents re-
moved to Marquette. On January
8, 1902, he was united in marriage
to Miss Mary Connors, of L'Anse, as
a result of suit, but he never lived
with her. July 7th, Saborain was
arrested in Marquette by Sheriff
Sicotte, OF L'Anse, upon COM
plant of Saborain' S wife, charging
him with non.support. He was
tried by jury in Judge Selden's
court, found guilty, and the Judge
sentenced Saborain to pay fine OF
$25 and costs, or in default thereof
to be imprisoned in the common Jail
of Baraga county for the period Of
sixty days. AS Saborain was un-
able to pay, he was placed in jail by
the justice.
Saturday last, Saborain engaged
Attorney ]. J. O'Connor to look into
his case, and it was found that Judge
Selden had sentenced the prisoner to
thirty days longer than the statutes
prescribe, under the complaint, and
his release from Jail was demanded
at once. He was liberated Saturday
evening.
1t is understood that cleft l. 'Anse
Tuesday morning on freight train,
en- route to Marquette.