The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1923-06-28
Unidentified Man Meets
Horrible Death on North
Shore Tracks.
MAY BE A SUICIDE
Motorman Reports Queer Ac-
tons Of Man Walking Along
Tracks at Ten O'clock.

An unidentified man, walking north
ward on the southbound tracks OF the
Chicago, North Shore & Milwaukee
Electric railroad at 10:45 Thursday
evening was struck and almost Instant
ly killed by southbound train, No.
432. due at Kenosha at 10:46. The man
had been walking between the north
and southbound tracks between Grand
and Prairie avenues, and when about
1900 feet south Of Grand avenue, the
train struck him full in the back with
such force as to break his shoulder
blades and expose the lungs.
The train was in charge of Motorman
Bert Newsome and Conductor E. W..
Anderson, whose reports of the accl-
dent threw considerable light on the
manner in which the unknown man met
his death.
Motorman Newsome reported that he
first saw the man walking along the
tracks in a northerly direction about
400 feet in front of him. This was
after the train had passed the Grand
avenue station on its southbound trip.
The man appeared to be walking be-
tween the north and southbound tracks
and it was difficult to see, according to
the motorman, whether the man was
walking steadily.
Looked Up at Sky.
"About 400 feet ahead Of him." said
the motorman in giving his version OF
the accident, IT gave him the signal,
but from his continued queer actions
couldn't tell whether he was paying
any attention to me or not. A half
minute LATER l saw him stop and step
deliberately into the path of the south
bound track on which we were riding.
He seemed to wish to avoid the light
from the head Of the train and shaded
his eyes. His next act was to turn
with his back to the train and look
supplicatingly upwards toward the east
as though appealing to heaven. By this
time we were already upon him, after
the brakes had been set for less than
a hundred feet"
The train was Immediately stopped
and the train crew approached the in
jured man, who, they declared, was
still breathing heavily. They placed
him on a stretcher and he was rushed
to the station where DR.. H. A. Robin
son, the company physician, and the
police were called. When the police
ambulance arrived the doctor was al
ready on the scene and the unknown
man was dead.
No Marks of Identification.
Coroner Truman T. Parker was call
ed and an examination of the body of
the victim showed no signs of identif-
cation. The pockets were empty of any
papers and the mans sole possessions
were watch, SIS bill and package
of cigarettes. 1t was impossible to tell
from the condition of the body whether
the man had been drinking and only
post norton could determine that. The
fac. that the mans actions were so &C.
centric just before his death, and the
fact that there appeared to have been
a deliberate effort on his part to re-
move every mark that may have led
to his identifcation-all these signif-
cant facts led to the belief that the
man had been brooding over some
troubles of some kind and sought this
method of ending his life.
The unidentified man appeared to be
about 35 years of age. He was quite
tall, of light complexion, clean shaven,
and excellently groomed. His clothes
were clean and other than the three
items named nothing was discovered
about his person that could throw any
light on who the man was.
Body at Crossin Chapel.
At the North Shore station this
morning it had been reported that the
unidentified man may have been an
employee. of the tin-shop of the Nash
Motors company. But at this depart
ment it was declared that none of the
employees was missing and that the
report must have been only a rumor
without foundation of fact.
The body Of the unknown victim of
the unfortunate accident was sent to
the Crossin chapel on Wisconsin and
Chicago Streets, where it is awaiting
Identification.