The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1889-11-07
ROASTED.
An Electric Light Wire Causes
Some Trouble.
More Developments in the
CrOnin Murder Trial.
Jay Gould Has Claims Against
the Missouri Pacific.
Confirmed the Sentence---Other
Items OF Interest.

NEW YORK, Nov. Am electric
light current this morning roasted
horse TO death, threw the driver to the
street, and knocked a police targeant
senseless. As in Feek's case, the
deadly current was carried to its vic
TINS through a telephone wire. A big
pole carrying numberle5s wires, stands
on Fourth avenue near the corner of
Twenty eighth street. Some time
near O'Clock this morning, one of the
wires, a telephone line, fell To the
street and Termed loop across the
down tracL of the Fourth avenue rail-
road. Soon after it fell, Thomas
WhelaD, driver of Herald delivery
wagon, came along. The horse step
ped on the apparently harmless wire,
and instantly came TO Il halt, and then
sprang aside and fell. The jolt to the
vehicle threw Whe'aD to the street and
when he arose To his feet lie received a
shock which threw him prostrate into
the gutter. Regdining his feet
again, the driver undertook to
raise the horse, but as soon
as he touched the animal another
shock passsd through him. He then
Citizens attracted to- the scene noticed
flashes of blue flame emitting from the
PROSTATE animal. The flashes came
from all parts OF the horses body, and
the smell of burning flesh was precep-
tible half block away. Whelau was
assisted TO his feet, but the horse was
given wide berth. One man ran to the
ThiIty-fifth street police station and
reported the matter, and Sergeant Nc
Donald and Roundsman, ami Thomas
Cassidy hurried To the scene. They
saw the animal still emitting sparks
of fire and calling out the reserves a
guard was established at points sufIi-
GENTLY far from the suffering animal
to warn all way farers fr"m nearing
the fatal spot. Sergeant Mcdonald
undertook To find the deadly wire and
III making Il turn around the wagon
he came in contact with it in the dark
ness. The wire struck him in the
forehead, and he fell 20 the pavement
as seDse!ess as though he had
been shot. Roundsman Cas-
Cassidy went to the rescue of his
stricken comm ander aud when he
caught held of the seFgeants leg he re-
ceiYed "a shock which compelled him to
release his hold. a second effort was
more successful and soon after being
carried to the sidewalk the sergeant
slowly recovered his senses. His head
was covered with blood and above his
brow was the imprint of the wire while
beside IL WAS "A cash eV IDENTIFY occasion
ed by the fail. He was Gazed and al
most helpless 50 that he WAS obliged TO
go home. About O'Clock up to which
time the horse continued to roast slow
ly, 1t occurred to some one to send to
the Manhattan Electric Light compa-
ny shop OH west Twenty fifth street.
Foreman Knight and two line men
visited the scene wearing rubber boots
on the end of which the horses body
lay, they pulled itlown from the pole
and travelwas resumed after the horse
had been dragged off the track. A
deep furrow was burned in the animal S
back. EffoItS made to find the point
at which the wire crossed the electric
transmitier were of no avail.