The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1878-10-12
Mr.. VAN BLARC0M'S TUMBLE.
ms NECK DIsLOCATED. BUT PULLED
BACK INTO Place.
Out OF the Race for the once OF sheriff or
bergen County, y. IA Case thnt will
Dcrpiy Interest the Medical Fnculty.

Tv-Shcrff Jacob Il. Van Blarcom 81 Hack
eisark y. j.. was. on Thur-day morning last
Tie most promising Democratic randidat" for
the nomination for Sheriff in Bergen County.
Yet other strong Democrats were looking for
the nomination. The nominating Convention
meets on Wednesday next Opposed to Mr. Van
Blarcom in the race for nomination were Nick
Dcmnrest and Sam Taylor Of llackcnsack aud
lssac Hopper of Saddle River Ex-SherfH Van
Blurcom WIS working. however. with might and
main To- scoure the nomination. He was elected
Sheriff in 1865 ON the Democratic ticket and he
served for three years. Although ex-Sherif
Pell. who succeeded him. was Republican. yet
Sheriff Garret r. Herring. who followed Pell. is
a Democrat. In fact Democrats have been
Sherfs in Bergen County almost from time
immcmorial, and ex-Sherf Van Blarcom and
his friends counted on his nomination ms Ger
tainty. Yet to make doubly sure. he canvassod
the county thoroughly.
He started on one OF his trips on Thursday
morning last from his home In Essex street.
Hackensack. in buggy. IL was going to hunt
M his political fricnds and stand-bys in Ber;
gen County along the Hudson River. lie owned
% farm. and usually rode after his own horses.
Fleet horses they were too But. rs thoy were
in use. lie hired horse and buggy from lv
cry stable in town. The horse was said to be
gentle. At noon he Was In Fort Lee. five miles
from his home. The roads there run up and
down steep hills. He had passed through the
village. and was rafting down an almost pre-
ciptous hillside. and-how IT happened no one
knows-a laborer on the road saw Mr.. Van
Blarcom pitched from his buggy upon the
stony highway He struck on his head. and
then lay motionless. The laborer ran to Hugh
Brosnahans store. 800 yards and brought the
Proprietor. who recognized the eN-Shern. He
| was apparently dead. Physician lsidore 7.
| Lntour came and said. after careful eNamna.
ton. that tho first cervical yertebra was
| dislocated and the process Of atlas fractured.
| There was also partial paralysis. Tho pulse
| was 80. drnchm Of bromide OF potassium
was given. and then. after several unsuccessful
| attempts BY pulling the vertsbra the dislocatrd
| bone WIS slipped into place. Immediately Mr..
! Van Blarcom opened his eyes and seemed 10
| return 10 consciousness, DIR. Latour said that
! the chance OF the eX.Sherifs recovery is eN-
| tremey doubtful. aud that. should his strong
| constitution triumph Improvement will be slow
| Mr.. Van Bnrepm was taken home in n coach
| by Or. i. L. Icrhune ana Mr. David Alderman
| Of Hackensack, and he was last night In "A criti
| cal condition. He Is conscious, but his physi-
elan. Or. Ierhune. says that he must see no
one. The physician says that II the verebra
was really dislocated. his PATIENTS recovery
| viii be u remarkable one. How the accident
came about no one can tell. II il supposed that
! the buggy wheel struck against q large stone.
AMI pitched Mr.. Van Blarcom. who is Il heavy
| man. Weighing not far from 1870 pounds. out.
! tle has spoken only u word or two to his son.
He sand That IL il not best Tor the political contest
! in his favor TO be curried on. and Hackenseck
| residents think that the accident has put him
out OF the race for the Sheriifs office.