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The L'Anse Sentinel
Saturday, July 23, 1904


                            JUMPED TO DEATH
                            
                    JOSEPH SABORAIN Killed by the Cars 
                     Near Marquette Tuesday Afternoon,
                      While En Route From L'Anse to
                      That City - Formerly Lived in
                                L'Anse.
                                
              The following is taken from the Mining Journal
            of Wednesday:
              "JOSEPH SABORAIN, a resident of Marquette, re-
            ceived fatal injuries under the wheels of the St.
            Paul train due here at 5:30 o'clock at the scales,
            less than a mile above the South Shore depot, late
            yesterday afternoon, dying in the baggage car of
            the train, whence it was deemed useless to remove
            him, two hours later. SABORAIN was stealing a ride
            on the blind baggage, that is, on the platform be-
            tween the baggage car and the locomotive tender,
            and leaped from the train at the scales. The cars
            were moving so swiftly that he was unable to keep
            his feet, and after an ineffectual struggle to pre-
            vent himself from going to the ground, he keeled
            over and was thrown beneath the wheels. His right
            leg was cut off above the ankle and one of his
            hands was ground off. The wound that caused death,
            however, was a fracture of the skull that laid
            open the poor fellow's brain.
              "SABORAIN'S leap from the train was noticed by
            the fireman, and he was seen to go under the
            wheels after running along in great strides by
            the side of the train for a distance of a hundred
            feet, it is said. The train was stopped and the
            unconscious body picked up. Arriving at the de-
            pot a doctor was summoned. He said there was no
            hope for the unfortunate man, and that there was
            no use in removing him to the hospital. 
              "The news of the accident quickly spread about
            town, and hundreds of curious people visited the
            car. Many of the more morbid of their number wit-
            nessed the poor fellow's sufferings, truly a 
            ghastly sight, for some minutes at a time.
              "SABORAIN had lately been away from Marquette.
            It is reported that he was at Champion yesterday
            morning. He got on a blind baggage somewhere up
            the line, but last evening no one appeared to
            know just where. The deceased has relatives here.
            He was a brother-in-law of CHARLES DION, the
            engineer at the city crusher. He was about twenty-
            four years of age."
            
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              JOSEPH SABORAIN had resided in L'Anse most of
            his life, up to a few months ago, when his parents
            removed to Marquette. On January 8, 1902, he was
            united in marriage to MISS MARY CONNORS, of L'Anse,
            as a result of a suit, but he never lived with her.
            July 7th, SABORAIN was arrested in Marquette by
            Sheriff SICOTTE, of L'Anse, upon complaint of
            SABORAIN'S wife, charging him with non-support.
            He was tried by a jury in Judge SELDEN'S court,
            found guilty, and the judge sentenced SABORAIN
            to pay a fine of $25 and costs, or in default
            thereof to be imprisoned in the common jail of
            Baraga county for the period of sixty days. As
            SABORAIN was unable to pay, he was placed in 
            jail by the justice.
              Saturday last, SABORAIN engaged Attorney J. J.
            O'CONNOR to look into his case, and it was found
            that Judge SELDEN had sentenced the prisoner to
            thirty dayls longer than the statutes prescribe,
            under the complaint, and his release from jail
            was demanded at once. He was liberated Saturday
            evening.
              It is understood that he left L'Anse Tuesday
            morning on a freight train en route to Marquette.
            
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