The workingman's advocate. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1864-1877, 1873-01-04


yered and presently evidences ~ the be't
were presented, then the bed itself, and
beside 1t the manned, mutIlated, inanImate
body # poor Oscar, his night clothes rent
| .nd torn, his entire body covered with drip
/ ping gore, hls flesh and limbs hacked, lace
rated, covered with Jagged, gaping wounds
/ from which the hot blood oozed or ran IN
little purple, purhng streams.
10 plteOus spectacle q most blo~iy
sight r.
/ The body was tenderly placed on a strong
sheet, and four men, taking each corner
uf the sheet, carried the n anged Oscar
and placed him beside the other victim.
/ who was being examined by DR. Rauch-
| man, "A neighburing physician If some note,
who hal been summoned by one of the
men. As soon As the imprUvised stretcher
cam, up, Arbyght roughly ordered the
1 - 'ctor to leave hun and attend IL the other.
! The VI. d.. bent low over the pr"strate
Oscar he pressed softly with hIs thumb
\ upon the radlal artery at the wrist, then
shook his head and placed his ear close "a
the breast, when directly his eye brighten
ed faint, feeble, but regular resplratluns
could he detected.
We'll, Doctor n groaned Arbyght, but
there NaS a world of eagerness and sollcI-
tudc IN the tone.
Alive, no mere" grunted the Escula-
plan comforter.
Will he survive it 4 again ventured the
questIuuer m a voice and manner that
plainly showed he feared, dreaded the an
SWer.
Possiby-doubtful, was the rough but
truthful reply.
Under the Doctors immediate direction
two stretchers were quickly made OF sheets
and narrow pieces of splutered board, and
on these the two victims were carried TO
til nearest hospital that of the Sisters Of
Mercy, ON Calumet Avenue. On the way
thIther, a reportorlal attache of one of the
leading dallles, pushed through the crowd
ami approached the stretchcr on which Ar
byght was borne, and rained fast upon him
a plethora of questions.
How did It occur Do you think there
vas ;ou Ilay Was il purely accidental
Was the building substantial and safe 2
When did you first notice it giving way,
Sc here were you at the time, and what, If
any were the prcuonItury indications of
the fall are few of the questions pro
pounded by this snatcher Of trifles, seeker
after items, facts, humOr, incident and
heaIsay.
Arbyght was suffering excruclatIngly and
hardly cumprehended the purport Of the
qucstlunary attack that Was made upon
han. LooA.4g vaguely at the reporter, he
perhaps unmeamngiy, at least hazardly, re-
.'eared iJob question p" 'Canst thou draw
cut a Z, llathsn WITH a hook (
The Iorce of this biblical question did
not seem 10 STRIKE the Reporter at an un-
d,rstandable angle He stared blankly at
ArDyght and sand, You don't seem to
comprehend me, to which the workman
responded
There Is no power on earth that can
he compared with hnn,, still his hope shall
fall him, ana IN the sight Of ali he shall be
cast down.
Again the reporter regarded him with
fixed, wide-open, but eXpresslnuless eyes.
w hat can you mean Nnat do you
mean Whom can You mean i-'
Capital Sir, the power Of money,
broke ia the other. and thereby put an ,ud
to another lnterinIIlaOle string Oi questions.
And that Was all the reporter learned
from Richard Arayght.
The melancholy procession shortly alter
wards reached the hospital, "A large magm-
Icent building, RISING three stories above
the basement, built OF pressed brick and
trimmed with stone, one hundred and hfty
feet front the main building rectangular
III shape, with two wings running back
eighty feet from each side end, enclosing
on three sides a large court or yard used
by convalescents, the mann building and
wings being surmounted by ornate, beautI-
ful artIstlcally finished French roofs Dr.
Rauchman being one of the regular at
tending physicians attached 70 the hospital,
had no difficulty III obtaining cots tor ms
patients in the night wing ut the building
some of the Sisters busIed themselves ~
PREPARING the cots, while others brought
lint and bandages III vast quantities, warm
water, and SOFT tine sprnges. Soon all
things were IN order, aId the doctor began
an examination Of young Oscar. Passing
his hand slowly over the lower extremlties,
he ejaculated monosyilabic answers u
questions apparently arising IN hIs own
mind
" olent con "Sin" tegIment and
muscle badly brulsed-ha fracture /;
simple longitudinal fracture Of the temur
--crtrd cdps,tIdr r-annular attachment of
capsule not affected trochanter slightly
detached" Then passing the hand over
the body he continued Fracture Of the
third and fourth ribs !; pleurisy or pneu
mathorax probable compound fracture Of
sternum-not dangerous compound CON
tusIun abrasion of cellular tissue bad
bruse; fracture Of eiayicie oblI4ue Sc
we're confusion Of skull case.
He then had the body washed, and with
the aid of two assistants, carefully, but
tenderly, set the fractured bones and Sc
cured them in their places by multltudes
Of pasteboard splInts, and nnumerabie
yards of bAndage. The contuslons and
bruises were also seen after, washed with
lotions and properly dressed, a few drops
Of brandy were administered at intervals
during the operation, but the patient re-
manned unconscious, InotIOniess In muscle
ard feature during the diagnosis, bone-set-
ting and mountaineering. When through,
the doctor again bent over the body and
gladly noticed that the respirations were,
if anything, somewhat louder and stronger.
"Now, Sir, we will dlagnosticate your
case, lie said, turning to Richard, who
was by this time scarcely able to speak.
A strong stimulant was administered,
and the examination began.
Fracture Of the patella, right knee no
simple luxation-not dangerous ha
traverse fracture of tIbia, left foot com
pound dislOcatiOn of tibula Let
us see (passIng up the body, some bad
bruises few insignificant COMMISSIONS.
Oh You need not make your will Just yet.
A few weeks rest will do you good. You
need rest and must take it now 80 be
thankful you escaped 50 luckily"
III | am not thankful, Sir, sald Richard
deuureIy.
Not thankful %
''No, how can rejoice or congratulate
myself, and poor Oscar, whom we all loved,
50 badly injured WMhe hO., Doctor
The first words Of the answer were
spoken regretfully, accusingly, the lasI
softly, the question plesdingly, and ere he
ceased great tears started from his eyes
| and rha.ad each other ranidlV down hi.