His Skull Crushed

Michael Steele, a laborer who had been workiug for John Haulon, of Webster, for the past few weeks, but who had been around Ann Arbor for several days last wetk, was strnck by train No. 8 going east on the Michigan Central at about 6 o'clock Suuday rnorning and was instantly killed. The aocident happened just by the Ann Arbor railroad bridge that crosses the Miohigan Central traoks, and inforrnation of it was brought to the depot by the engineer of No. 8. Coroner Ball was notified and he went to the spot whers he found the body of a man about 40 years of age lyiug near the traok. The sknll was otushed and the body was still warra A coroners' jury was impaneled who viewed the body and it was taken to O. M. Maritu's undertaking establishmeut. In bis pockets were fonnd a letter addreesed to hira from bis roother Mrs. P. Steele, of 818 Willow st., Port Hnron, 14 in money and some other srnall artioles. At the iüquest held in Martin's undertaking rooms Monday afternoon, four witnesses were exarnined. The engineer and fireiuan of No. 8 testifled that there was oo negligence on the part of the railroad employees. Theodore Jaokson said he saw Steele walking on the track about 10 minutes before the train oarae in. He walked perfectly straight. When on the main track he laid dowu and to all appearances went to sleep. The evidence of Charles Balfrauz, wbo was in a boat on the river, was substantially to the same effect as that of Jackson. The jury returned a verdict of accidental death in accordance with these facts. John H. Steele, a brother of the deceased, carne bere and took the reruaius to Port Hnron on tbe 3 :4T p. m. train Monday, where they were interred. He said that some years ago bis brotLier got hurt in the mines in northern Michigan, since whinh time he had trouble with his head and had been subject to fits of apparent nnmbness of his facnlties wheu he would have no control over himself, and it is probable that during oue of these fits he feil down on the track Sunday morning, never to rise again alive.