6/3/2006:
A bizarre incident was reported to have happened on this day by the Fargo Forum in 1914. The incident concerned Mr. A. G. Freeberg of Moorhead, who was spending the evening attending a social gathering at a friend’s home. When the hour came to depart, Mr. Freeberg left with a large group of guests, but strayed behind. The group hurried to catch a street car that was pulling away, and Mr. Freeberg was left behind. The elderly man ran to catch the car, but to no avail; the Forum reported the next morning that the man’s body had been found in the street by his searching wife. Coroners ruled his death to be a “…direct result of excitement caused in running to catch a street car.”
Sources:
Fargo Forum and Daily Republican. June 4, 1914: p.1.