, 1873-06-14

The Driver Elects Drunken hfnn and
Strikes Him on tho Head With
o Car-N0Ok.
The Inebriate Becomes Angry, and
Throws q Stone, Which Strikes
Passenger.
Both Men Seriously injured, One
Dangerously.

Whom mon arc drunk thoY arc nnr,lfy, md or
pect to be permitted to do things Which tho5
themselves would not countonnnco or permit
wore they sober. An oxompli1cation Of this.tooh
place Inst evening, and resulted in tho eerioua
injury OF two persons, ono Of thom having nc
voice In tho affray, but sitting, unfortunately,
in the line Of stono thrown ut another. About
O'Clock man t1ndor tho influence Of liquor got
on Cottage Groyo avonuo chr ut State and
Nladiaon strcots, and commenced conducting
himself in suoh dsgracoful manner that
tho drivor told him to leave. Tho man persisted
ir remaining, aud tho drivor WAS compelled to
eject him. A scui1lo onsuod boforo he succeeded
in getting him out OF tho car, and, tho man re-
sstng all in his power tho drivor struck him on
tho head with his car-hook. This incensod tho
inobriato, and he followed tho car after tho horso
Ind been started, picked up stone Weighing
aovoral pounds, and hurled 1t at tho driver.
This individual iodgod to ono sldo the stone
won't through the open door, md struck q
passenger square In tho forehead. Tho injured
person became aonli-unconscious, and his actions
indicating that he WAS aoriously hurt, tho car
was stopped and he was removed to tho Office Of
DR.. Purdy, Room & Otis Block, near by. The
physician examined tho cut which was m inch
long, and found that there was slight concus-
sion Of tho brain. Ho was unable to toll
whether or not the skull Was fractured, but
thought it was from tho force OF the blow. The
man gave tue namo of l.. II. Eldor, and said ho
was q conductor on tho Michigan Central
Railroad, md that ho lived at Kalamazoo. His
injuries arc eoyero, and 1t will bo impossible to
toll tho result until two or three dAya elApse.
He yomited somowhat-nn indication OF concuB-
sion of tho brain-but tho cursory autopsy Was
not sufficient to reveal it's true extont He was
conveyed to Lis boarding-houae on tho South
sido. Tho drunken follow who threw tho rock
ran down State street toward Monroe, and CO.
caped from several persons who pursued him.
Half nn hour subsequently Mr. Vail, 7atchman
at tho Clifton House, heard some ono groaning
in ralmors new hotel, and, On going into
one Of tho entrances on Monroe street, found
forms tho ceiling Of tho basement. Ho appeared
to bo IN very bad way, although he could talk.
Ho aaid lie WAS John Laydon, and that he
roomed at No. 376 Wabash avenue. Whom
nBked II he was hurt ho aRid ho' Was, and that
q chr driver had struck him on
tic load with club or q car-hook. When pick
I'd up, pool Of blood was observed near where
Ills load Ind roated, and q look at Lis oaput aud
c!othing-tho formcr boing cut badly, and both
correct. His injuries aro thought to .bo sori-
ous- lie was enoryated from loss Of
blood, and had evidently gone into
tho building to reat himself. Losing
more of lifo's fluid, ho made manifest his condi-
tion by groaning Tho watchlnan knew nothing
Of tho difficulty with tho car-driver, and there-
foro called hack, in which tho man was taken
thu ono who throw the stone which atruck Mr..
Elder, aud honco it is probable he will be ar
rested to-day to await tho result Of tho conduo-
tors Injuries.