Suddenly Expired

SUDDENLY EXPIRED.

An Unknown Man Falls on the Street From Lead Poisoning.

DETROIT, March 27.--An unknown man died suddenly on the street at 9 o'clock Monday morning. He was walking along Michigan avenue and as he was passing 87 he fell to the sidewalk and was taken with spasms. Emergency hospital ambulance was called and he was conveyed to that institution, dying before he reached there.

At the hospital he was recognized as a man who called at the hospital shortly after 6 o'clock and complained of peculiar pains in the chest. He gave his name at that time as William Leetch, said he was a painter and lived at 87 Macomb street.

After his death, however, a friend of Leetch's called at the hospital and stated that the remains were not those of Leetch. Inquiry also revealed that Leetch did not live at the address given.

Coroner Brown was called and a postmortem was held at the hospital, which showed that death resulted from lead poisoning, with which painters are frequently attacked. An inquest will be held.