# Fuller v. Illinois Central R.R. - Was the man killed black? **URL:** \ **Category:** Factual Questions\ **Created:** [July 13, 2004, 1:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuller-v-illinois-central-r-r-was-the-man-killed-black/254826 "2004-07-13T01:24:24Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 4\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Kel\_Varnsen\_Latex\_Division](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/aeb1de/32.png) [@Kel\_Varnsen\_Latex\_Division](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kel_Varnsen_Latex_Division)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2004, 1:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuller-v-illinois-central-r-r-was-the-man-killed-black/254826/1 "2004-07-13T01:24:24Z")
Was the man who was killed riding his one-horse wagon over the railroad tracks a black man? The case does not say. Fuller v. Illinois Central R.R. 50 S. 783 (Miss. 1911) ---
**Author:** ![Oat1957](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Oat1957](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Oat1957)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2004, 1:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuller-v-illinois-central-r-r-was-the-man-killed-black/254826/2 "2004-07-13T01:44:10Z")
> [@Kel Varnsen - Latex Division](#): > > Was the man who was killed riding his one-horse wagon over the railroad tracks a black man? The case does not say. > Fuller v. Illinois Central R.R. > 50 S. 783 (Miss. 1911) Why does the his color matter? Hundreds if not thousands have been killed at “grade crossings” since 1827-28 regardless of how they were crossing. ---
**Author:** ![Kel\_Varnsen\_Latex\_Division](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/aeb1de/32.png) [@Kel\_Varnsen\_Latex\_Division](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kel_Varnsen_Latex_Division)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2004, 1:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuller-v-illinois-central-r-r-was-the-man-killed-black/254826/3 "2004-07-13T01:48:03Z")
Because it would be strange that a black could get justice in Mississippi in 1911. ---
**Author:** ![Kel\_Varnsen\_Latex\_Division](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/aeb1de/32.png) [@Kel\_Varnsen\_Latex\_Division](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kel_Varnsen_Latex_Division)\ **Post date:** [July 13, 2004, 1:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/fuller-v-illinois-central-r-r-was-the-man-killed-black/254826/4 "2004-07-13T13:33:11Z")
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