New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-06-20
LOCAL MISCELLANY.
FATALLY KICKED By A HORSE.
oxr MAN KILLED AND ANoTHEg's SKULL sENkitL'


FRACTURED
,r..,.os y Rvan n banker at No. 81 Exchange
x,oce Who lives az No 2.i6 Wesr fbty-ilth-N,'' PuI
chased a handsome sorre horse about SIX week. ~
pbe horse hal been kept in the stables nv Se,snt
a and Fiftv.eighth ST. attached TO Joseph Merk-
lens Central Park Riding Academic Mr, ny d a. Nd
lowed him TO remain IN Mr. Merkleh carr, ai' d. na
him trained as a slddlehorse: itecently MI NJ.
rade The horse daily in the Park lie ionnd mn
nerfectly gentle, although ne was spiiltcu oiY P
pban oI' thc road The horse large gcIdlnng'
w Lar oId OF unusually fine proportions. and nus
Conduct i'm the stable such as to INSPIRE C"i.
fdcnce in the Rrooms. Saturday GvenlnRi W ,h
- rs,norLaLlr change occurred in the conduCt OF hc
an;nal IL had been moved from stal on tuo
Srventh-ave side of tn stable 10 siall ~ w iI'
The change was made against Mr. i,ylI > !" -,
M I'LL lanes Murray Mr.. Ryans groom, was
away from the stable. About EfD p, IN i,tIi
Johnson coorcd groom employed ny ,ll. 49,
went into the stall occupied ny Mt. hN"n l"l,
WI WI y forward the other grOOmS heard hiin cry
ont They ran Ia the stall and found Johnson ~ ms
insense on the hoor Tue h"rso a. the staI and
Jicovered that his head had been badly crushcu ny
the horses hOofs. An amhulauc" was I';,i
and Johnson was taken 10 INC hooScN'i' i'f
Wr RYAN MAS moi informed Of the fatal accident
and the horse was allowed 10 slald III tnv N'".. '
nirht unfed. At $50 a. ~. yesterday 'Iic Ilv n
M1rrov went 10 the stable 10 feed the horse lie Wa
told that the horse had killed man. ana ME- "u
vised not to enter the stall. MURRAY Su ;tb or
II would not have kicked Johnson A. 'he hoII' dP
noared 10 be Guiet hc entered the sialL In, n'!sc
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lac Then II suddenly kicked him on the leg WIN
one Of its hind feet Murray fell face down" ON
The floor. Before hc had time To raise hhl>eu itIt
bor.e struck him furiously with its toreicGt on ms
had Ii would have killed him had not the oller
gr"oms rushed into tie stall. They drew MURRAY
ont by the feet while the horse reared ana struck
ouf with Ms furelcct, II determined 10 klh nun
Murray hal received dangerous compound iIa'tu''
Of The skull He was taken 10 he Roosevelt nos
nital where the surgeon said that there was NOT
much hope of hls recovery .,.. ,tLi.
Nr RYAN. ON being informed of the conduct Oh hl'
horsr iad the animal remove ed to stable III MY
third->t and placed under Tie care 0i u! Nniii'S
II Uonsc a veterinary surgeon. On being taken
out of The stall i'm Mr. Ncrklcu stable the morse We
dociIe although it seemed excited. Ut iiuusr N''
that ne could not determine AT once WHAT 'd"N'I
the horse to act in such strange way; anu II" Wl>'u
ia examine ID more closely after II iid calItu 90
Mir Ryan gave DR.. House PERMISSION To XIII 'H'
h0re # lie thought best and to make pos -hoIuih
examination but Dr. Huusc dccidcd To- keep inc
hors,, alive Tor a time. lie thought the amman
might be suffering IRON some dIsoIutr P"'Sl"'l
from tuiuOr on tn BRAN. l ;.l,,.
JnhuSnu who was killed. was sober ana h'lnS-
trioiIs man and a good hoIscWan lie hii "lie
and two children living at No. l1l West IhlT'I,'h ~
81 A subscription was started among thc n"slI'l'
i'm Mr. Nrrkl-nS stable yesterday and : 80 WIS
raised for the benefit of ,ohn~ous family. murray
had been in Mr.. kyaus employ only lew "''N''