The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-06-17
MYSTERY SURROUNDS
 DEATH OF MAN; HIS IDENTITY UnknOWh
(special to The Farmer. )

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 Stratford, June 17.-A veil of my stery still surrounds the death of an unidentified man who was cut in two
 by a trolley car at the second pole north of the Paradise Green switch at 10:40 Saturday night. A story has been in circulation, to the effect< that the man must have been pfaced Hh the track and was dead Of suhconE scious before the car struck him. Medical Examiner w. B. Coggswell; who was on the scene soon after the accident can dnd no substantial foundation for this story. The pieces of glass and small fragments of rub evidence enough to base such suspic- ion upon. Dr. CoggswelI was unable to find anything that would lead to a reasonable theory. He found no
 odor of liquor about the body and therefore believes that the man was not intoxicated. He searched the clothing on, the body but absolutely identity of the man. The man was between 40 and 50 years of age and evidently a sailor. His face was weather. beaten. Light hair and blue eyes give rise to the theory that the man was. Swede or a. Dane. The middle and little fingers of the left hand were missing and the scars 1f-
 
 years before. His clothing was of good quality. black underwear, gray cotton shirt, gray striped trousers and black coat. A bundle found beside the body contained three undershirts and pair of black drawers which had evidently been taken from some laun- dry the same evening. The bundle was tied with thin weak cord and was absolutely unsoiled and bore no marks of having been disturbed This bundle was found at the. place where the body was struck and lay beside the track. In. the pockets of < the clothing were found two sail needles and sailors palm. which is a leath- CT contrivance used by sailors in lieu, of a thimble. Motorman Goldstein, who was on the front of the trolley. car let out as soon as the Paradise Green switch had been passed az usual on late runs. He saw some thing lying on the track but was un-' able to stop the car in time to avoid feet before 1t was brought to stop and dragged the body with 1t. pr. Coggswen found the body cut in two under the car, the parts connected only by a small ligament which was severed with a spade and the parts removed. After making a thorough examination of the clothing and all Iu0 lSl4AtOAyz CAAA 0NAA~AAA9 he gave permission for, the removal of the body and it was placed on the car and taken to Bridgeport morgue. He is unable to advance any theory as to why the man was on the track or whether he was dead or alive when the car struck him. The body was cold when pr. Coggs- well arrived. Joe Johnson, clerk at Reeds market, assisted in removing the parts of the body from under the car. sIt was the most revolting spectacle I ever met" he said. The man was bruised and mangled be- yond description. The viscera was torn from the body and scattered along the track. A peculiar thing noticed was the vest and pants which the man wore. They were cut off as cleanly as if done with a pair of shears. Only a narrow strip of the pants below the waistband remained on the upper half of the body. don't care to look at another sight like thata A man employed by M Blakely, the milkman, left his place on East Main street, Saturday night and failed to return yesterday. Mr Blakelys S sons looked at the body but decided that it was not the man they were looking for. The body is now at Rourke 6 Rourke's mergue in Bridgeport.