Morning journal and courier., 1885-01-22
HAVING MAD FROM DRINK.

HAVING MAD FROM DRINK.
 A Frenchman,s Terrible Spree i'm
 Which He Leaps From Two Trains.
 Lies Naked on the Frozen Ground
 For Seven Hours and Has Both His
 Hands and Feet AInputated.
 BARTON, Vt, Jan 21.-Barton recently had an addition to it's pauper population in the person of 8 Frenchman named Louis Gou- gan, who was picked up on the Passumpslc railroad track in mutilated and helpless condition on one of the coldest mornings of the season. Cougar was formerly saloon keener in Paterson, N. J., and he went to the western part of Canada few weeks ago where he had a terrible spree. He started to return home via the Grand Trunk railroad early in January while suffering from deliri- um tremens, but had proceeded no further than Prescott when he became raving mad and astonished the passengers on the train by leaping through the car window. The train was stopped and with the help of four or five men Cougar was taken upon the cars and kept under subjection until Montreal was reached. AS he was found to be penni- less collection was taken up and ticket purchased for the unfortunate man to New York. Cougar was put aboard the night express and when the train was passing through the town of Coventry on the Pas sumpsic railroad at speed Of thirty miles an hour he again jumped from the train into the darkness and the cold. This time he was not seen by anyone. The night was bitterly cold, the mercury being thirty degrees below zero. For seven hours Gou- gan lay on the frozen ground exposed to the terrible cold, remaining undiscovered until the morning freight came along, when he was picked up and carried to Barton Landing station and left there for treatment. His condition was pitt ab1e Both of his feet and hands were frozen solid in addition to which he was badly bruised by the leap from the train. When discovered alongside of the track by the trainmen Cougar was found to De Vo!o or underclothing and hat, his dress consisting merelv of light suit with cotton socks and a nair of cheap shoes. On learning of the
 sad affair Superintendent Folsom i'm mediately summoned Dr. H. s. Brown, of st. Joinsbury, to attend the suffering man. Drs Brooks and Wright, of Boston, were also called. It was found necessary to at o,,oe annutate both hands at the wrist and tbe operation was promptly performed by Dr Brown, assisted by the local surgeons named. One week later another surgical
 oneration was performed on the poor cripple, this time both feet being amputated at the
 ankle. Both operations were successfully ly
 nerformed the sufferer bearing the treat ppent on both occasions with remarkable fortitude. The patient is doing well with oood prospects of living for considerable | length of time. ,..
 This case is without parallel in the his | tory of surgery in Vermont. In the remark abie escape from death in jumping from rap | idly moving trains, in the great power of en, | durance during the extreme cold weather anc in the wonderful strength and vigor shown amputations, this Frenchman fur
 nisheg an example of rare tenacity tc life The case excites much sympathy ane l interest in this section. Dr. Brown has beer l in attendance on the crippled man nearl!
 two weeks and his professional skill has beer
 tasted as never before in the difficult opera
 tions which he has been called upon to per
 form. Cougar came to this country iron
 Paris few years ago and is about fort
 years of age
 | BIafness Niece Dead.
 l W1LKEsBARRE, Pa., Jan. 21.-Sister The