The Donaldsonville chief. [volume] (Donaldsonville, La.) 1871-current, 1874-04-11
An Incident Of Chicago Life.

A man named Schwartz, the keeper of a
grocery store at the corner OF KenZie and
Reuben streets, met with serious accident
ON Saturday afternoon, from the effects of
which it is doubtful if he will recover. He
was driving his grocery wagon along Shell
don street, when the horse took fright and
ran away at furious pace. At the corner
of Lake and Sheldon the wagon collided
with a lamp-post, tearing it from its place
and smashing the vehicle into hundred
fragments. AS for Schwartz, he threw a
sllmmersault into the air, and came down
on his head, fracturing his skull and break
ing his collar-bone. The wagon was so
completely smashed that it was some time
before any one could find the piece that
had the owners name painted upon it.
Meanwhile crowd gathered about the
wounded man, who was bleeding profuse-
ly, and quite unconscious. A surgeon
came to dress the wounds, and several
ladies came and peered at him, and gave
the doctor directions 1t was proposed to
carry him into the drugstore at the corner
of Sheldon and Lake streets, as the doctor
thought he would die if they attempted to
carry him any distance. The proprietor of
the drugstore, however, stoutly refused to
have his floor soiled with s'a slovenly un-
handsome" piece of bleeding flesh, and
fatty refused admittance. For fear the
crowd should insist upon it, he retreated
and locked the door. The people were loud
in their expressions of indignation at this
proceeding. One man said if he had a
pistol he would feel like blowing the door
in, or at least compelling the man to open
it. s.tgs
All this while poor Schwartz was lying
on the sidewalk, with puddles of blood
round him. The doctor dressed his wounds
as best he could, but although there were
quite number of people looking on, no.
body seemed to think of lending hand.
The Levite in the drug store still refused to
open his door, even to sell medicine to the
doctor, and only when he saw there was no
likelihood of their persisting in dragging
the man inside did he relent and turn the
key.
There is frame house near that corner,
in front of which carriages frequently stop
in the evenings, and which good, Chris
tian people in that neighborhood regard
with a good deal of suspicion. 1t is not a
haunted house; it is house the reputa-
ton of which is not exactly known. 1t is
occupied by people who stay at home a
good deal and who do not pay fashion
visits to the neighbors. Well, out of this
house rushed young girl with pillow in
her hand. She saw her sisters peeping
over each others shoulders at the bruised
and bleeding man, and giving any amount
of advice as to what should be done with
him. She made break through them, sat
down on the sidewalk, took the bleeding
head in her arms under the pillow, regard
less of the blood that soiled her garments,
and commenced to wash the wounds, rem
dering the doctor every assistance. 1t was
at this juncture that the Leyite yentured to
open his door again.
After a while Schwartz was carried care
fully to his home, where his wife and chill
dren were in the deepest distress. Atfirst
it was not thought he could survive, his
skull being fractured and portions of the
brain protruding. But his condition was
found to have greatly improved by yester-
,dav noon, and hopes are entertained of his
ultimate recovery.
A lady who witnessed the scene on Lake
street, and who seemed to regard the ac-
ton of that good Samaritan with strong
admiration, was heard to remark ss Well,
don't know what that girl is, nor what
kind of place they keep over there, but
/ would just like to go up and shake hands
with her." What she said about the Le-
vite need notbe recorded Chicago Times,
March 16.