The Ottawa free trader. [volume] (Ottawa, Ill.) 1843-1916, 1879-08-02

The Illinois river bridge being in need of re
pairs, the Highway Commissioners on Tnesda!
Hast had gang of men at work there, of whom
Timothy Prindcrvle was foreman. Having oc
casion to take up both the floor and the joist in III,
first span from the south abutment, Mr. Prnder
Vile sent q man to the south end to prevent
teams from passing on to the bridge and Justin
Doran to the north or city end Of the fridge fol
the same purpose, giving him express orders
not to allow any team to pass on to the bridge
until he received orders to do SO, These orders
were given about three O'Clock in the aft ernoon
The first man Doran had OCCASION to stop was
Jacob IIuss. of Deer Park, who was going home
in the usual wagon, his daughter about IS years
old driving until they were stopped by Doran
when he took the reins. Iiuss was just enough
in liquor to he unreasonable and IN condition
| to light. Doran stopped the t"lm and refused
to let IIuSs 70 any further Words followed
! hotly and finally lIu>, goC Outof the wagon with
a whip IN his hand--a whip with heavy hickory
stalk-and the two men had hot discussion
wherein IIuss abused Doran, after which he re-
turned to his wagon and attempted to drive
on the bridge. Doran again stopped him,
when lIuss got out of the wagon and approach
ing Doran said, "rm poor man and amt 60
ing to allow you or anyone else run on me"
Doran said, mo one wants to run on you. The
bridge is torn up and you can't get across any
way: you amt any better than the other teams
back Of you--you'd better stad back there"
IIuss then had the whip and Doran had in his
hand an inch board three or four feet long and
about as wide as a mans hand. After more hot
words and good deal of swearing, Huss picked
up two stones about the size of his fist which he
| threw at Doran who stood seme three or four
feet from him. Doran lodged them and then hit
Huss over the head with the board in his hand.
At the first blow-eyidcntly on the side Of the
lhead-lTuss fell. Doran then hit him again on
the top OF the head, and left him.
Huss's daughter Jennie had got out Of the wa
gon at the beginning of the row AMI stood at the
side of the road the team between her and the
men. When Iuss fell the team started up expos.
ing TO her her father lying on his back with his
arms stretched out. She, Mr.. And. Gabcler, Geo.
Fyfe and others then ran to IIuss, and finding
him seriously hurt and unconscious, took him to
DR.. Hathoway's office,
DR., Hathaway said his pulse was then l04 and
respiration from - 10 "a, ana the man lrstnsl-
bic. He found ragged incison in the scalp on
the left side of the head back of the car pcne-
trating to the bone. In the evening he was
taken, still insensible, to Haeberles Washington
House where he died about 1920 the same
evening. On Wednesday Drs. Hathaway and
Stout held postmortem examination find
ing in the skull fracture, beginning at the
top of the head running forwards about 5l$ inch
es to the forehead; and from the same point on
the top of the head it ran downwards on the
left side to the temple bone, sliding into the base
of the skull, The whole top Of the head was
crushed in. Clothed blood, &c, was found on
the sides of the head, on too, &c. Either blow
would have killed the man.
A lengthy examination Of the case was had by
the coroner, whose jury returnsd verdict exon
Grating Doran. Doran had on Tuesday evening
been arrested on as:ate warrant, and on Wednes.
day was taken before Esq. Rees, but as he waived
examination he was bound over to the circuit
court, the bail being $1,000 which he gave.
Huss's body was taken home on Wednesday
and was buried on Thursday.