The daily morning journal and courier., 1905-01-09
KILLED BY A FALL.
EOLORED MANS SKULL WAS
 FRACTURED.

Theodore shepherd Stepped on Back
 wards from Moving car-Died In-
 stantIy-Large Crowd Congregates
 During Time the Body Lay i'm the
 street-Man Did Not Wait for Car to
 stop-car Crew Not Blamed for the
 Accident.
 Theodore Shepherd, colored man about twenty-eight years old, and who i resided on Lafayette street. was in- I stantly killed yesterday morning about 10 o'clock by stepping off backwards from a moving car in front of the Washington building on Church street. Shepherd boarded car No. 169 of the Savin Rock and Mount Carmel line at the corner of Congress avenue and Liberty street as it was coming to- wards the green. The car was in charge Of Conductor Grant and Motorman Myers. Shepherd stood alone on the rear platform while the conductor was inside the car attending to transfers. As the car passed the corner of Church and George streets Shepherd signalled the conductor to stop at the next cor ner. Conductor Grant pulled the bell for the stop and as the car came in front of the Washington building, de- spite an attempt made to catch the man by the conductor, MT. Shepherd jumped off backwards.
 The car was almost stopped at the time, and was brought to a standstill within half dozen feet of where the man fell. The passengers then hurried to his assistance. as did Drs. Strauss and Maher, who were in the vicinity at the time Despite every effort to save his life MT. Shepherd died almost in- stant1y.
 A large crowd of people quickly col X lected and the street was badly blocked for some time. The police ambulance and also the New Haven hospital ann bulance were summoned, but as soon as it was found that the man was dead they returned to their respective sta- tions. The body Was then left just where the man fell until the medical examiner had been summoned and or \ dered it's removal to Cox & Henze's un- dertaking rooms.
 Medical Examiner Bartlett quickly Aarrived on the scene, and after an ex- Animation stated that the back of the Aan's skull had been fractured and
 at death had been almost instanta-
 hs. When the man fell the back of was frozen on the street and this caused his death. The medical examin- CT stated that he thought that the death was purely accidental, but stat ed that the coroner would make an in vestigation this morning. No arrests have been made in the matter and none are likely. 1.....,.
 A number of bystanders who wit messed the accident also stated that the man deliberately jumped off the car backwards while the car was in motion and fell. instantly striking his head
 Officers Moore, Welch and Hoiiinger
 s1ptectiEe Dunlap were on the
 sile arad handled the. crowd and look j after the body until the arrival of he medical examiner. Starter Reed of The railway company and several as- Eistants also did all that was possible, ,hs did Conductor Grant and Motorman jNIyers.
 Mir. Shepherd, it is said was married .but has not been. living with his wife AS one time he was a waiter at the New Haven house, but left there sev- i eral months ago. Since that time he has been acting in the same capacity \ at various places about the city.
 No arrangements have yet been made for the funeral. s.t