The People's vindicator. [volume] (Natchitoches, La.) 1874-1883, 1881-08-13
Terrible Wounds That Did Not p,.
Fatal, '''e

St. Joseph is at present somevb,.
worked up over couple of intpres. aas
cases which will serve as iemarIahla;as
stances of escape from death even un ~,l''
the most adverse and unfavorahls w.
cumstances. The escape of Pres;d La.
Garfield from death at the end ~ tt
assassin's bullet is indeed s,rance s SuS
somewhat remarkable, but the natnra ~.
his wounds, considered with those ~
whom we are about to speak. are hu.
slight. The parties have both lived ' y"
long since their injuries were receitsS
that their ultimate recovery Is m~
placed among the strong probabi)it;e,
Anton Welte, a man about fi,y yssr.
of age, and workman at MoorhvSs
Fink boot and shoe factory, on TIes
day week last attempted to take his Ifs
by shooting himself How he had ,iraS S
of living,through long series of domss
tic difficulties, we have told before No.
to the facts concerning his remarksbs
escape from a successful termination ~
his suicidal purpose. tyeite fired fou,
shots, all of which took effect within An
inch OF the centre of the forehead, The
whereabouts of three of these wers
traced. One was imbedded in the sinh.
stance of the frontal bone, a little to The
lett of of the middle line, another passed
up under the soft parts, along the bona
to the left frontal elninence. Thesetwo
were extracted. The third passed
through the frontal bone into the sub.
stance of The right anterior lobe Of tba
brain. 1t entered alta point about five.
eighths of an inch to the right Of thu
middle line and passed in y direction
Through the brain which would led ita
little to the right and in front of the
center of the base of the brain. It il
impossible to say whether the fourth Ell.
tered the same hole or struck the skull
and glanced out. The nature, Of bis
wounds, it will be seen, are such that
hardly one in hundred could have
escaped death. To-day will be- bis
twelfth day, and yet he is rational and
doing well. He is up and about bis
room, and it is the opinion of his medi.
cal attendant, DR.. Davis, that he will
recover.
The above is certainly a most remark.
able. escape from the very jaws OF dsath,.
but it scarcely approximates. in strange.
ness to that Of Frank Kemp, now at the
hospital of the st. Joseph Medical Col.
lege. Thisscaie hasn't ,paransLmahe
history of our city, and few, if any, in
the history. Of surgery. Kemp istIh.
diana lad, eighteen years Of age. He had
been out West, and firing Of Western
life was seeking once more his native
Hoosier heath when the accident oc.
CURED. He got on a train Of the St.
Joseph & Western at Hanover, intend.
ing to steal his way to St. Joseph, and
rode in safety to Elwood. There he fell
from his hiding-place on the trucks and
was run over and frightfuDy mangled
and crushed by the cars. He was picked
up in an insensible condition and con-
veyed to this city and CHARTERED at tie
hospital of the St. Joseph MedicalCol
lcgc, where he has been ever siacs. His
lower extremities were frightfully
crushed, and presented 4 E5as4Isp4
tacle. His right leg was amputateed
above the knee and his left leg st the
kree. One of his arms was frightfully
shattered, one ear was cut off, and bis
nose cut half off. A couple of his ribs
were crushed in and Others laid bare,
the skin being taken off while the body
was being dragged over the rough rail-
road ties. He received six.inch ct
across the scalp, and innumerable bruises I
about the head, face, and, in fact, u
parts Of the body {tt-way tth,oughs WA
he was picked up that be would dsbs'
fore he could reach this city. That
on the morninsQf June e: Nbo.row
it will be a month Since the accident
and he still lives, with fair p1ospecnbr
final recovsry:-st. az {&}81s&