On September 19, 1902, at 7:10 p.m.an accident would happen on Jefferson Avenue in Detroit, Michigan. No 176 Woodward car heading west hit an unknown man was leaning over the side of the platform of a Rapid Railway car that was heading East.
The man was still alive after the accident. He would lay on the road in the rain. He had been bleeding from his ears and had internal injuries. It was said that medical help for him was overlooked. He would soon die. The coroner arrived he was in the same place he died. Angry at the crowd that was watching the spectacle he asked why no one took him off of the road. This caused the crowd to go silent.
In the man's pocket was an article from the Toledo Blade, the article was about a similar accident. It is possible he was recently in Ohio City. A jury found that the man's death was an accident from his own carelessness.
The man was a white male and was around 35-years-old. He had black hair and a sandy almost red mustache. He had the tattoo J.M.C. on the upper part of his right arm. He was 6 ft and 190 lbs. He was wearing a black worsted coat, light striped trousers, a black topcoat, black flannel overshirt, black lace shoes, black socks, and a black fedora.
It's unknown if he had been identified or not, but his grave is still marked as "Unknown Man".
SOURCES:
Detroit Free Press September 20, 1902
Detroit Free Press September 26, 1902
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