A Fatal Ride

A sad and fatal accident happened in the Michigan Central yard in this city shortly af ter midnight Monday morning. Three boys named Wm. S. Shirley, Willis Crandall and Carpenter got on a freight train at Ypsüanti and stole a ride to Ann Arbor. Contrary to tlieir expectations the train did not stop when it got liere but went right on. The boys did not want to go away trom home when they had got here so jumped from the train. Carpenter alighted safe and sound, Crandall got off with a few bruises, but Shirley was not so fortúnate. He strwck on his head with terrible foree, f racturing his skull so badly that he died in about an hour after he was taken to the hospital. The deceaaed lad was about 15 or 10 years of age and was a son of Thomas Shirly.