Los Angeles herald., 1890-08-01
A DAYS ACCIDENTS,
Five Unfortunates Cared for by the
Police.


The new receiving hospital at the
police station is rapidly approaching
completion, and will be ready for occu-
pancy as soon as the work of the GLACIERS
and painters is finished. The need OF
such place was emphasized yesterday
in no small degree, and in fact such was
the demand upon the limited space in
the rear of the jail, five patients being
taken in during the day, that it was
found necessary to utilize the new quar-
ters in spite of their unfinished con-
dition.
Edward Fenton, waiter, was con-
veyed to the police station at an early
hour yesterday morning for medical
treatment at the request of the prop
rietor of clearinghouse on West First
street, in which he roomed. He was
apparently suffering from delirium
tremens, and was evidently unaccount-
able for his peculiar actions. A dozen
empty whiskey bottles which orna-
mented his dressing table bore silent
testimony as to the cause of his malady.
At S o'clock in the morning w. H.
Donahue, a painter, was conveyed in the
patrol wagon to the station for medical
treatment. While at work on scaffold
near the top of the second story OF the
brick building on the southwest corner
of First and Broadway, the plank on
which Donahue stood tipped, precipi-
tating him to the sidewalk below, dis
tance of almost forty feet. He was
picked up and taken to the station,
where DR.. Morrison attended to his in
juries, which consisted of slight con-
cussion of the spine, both wrists broken,
both feet badly crushed, the left so
much SO that amputation OF the toes
was necessary, and general shock to his
system. He was subsequently removed
to the county hospital.
At 2:15 O'Clock in the afternoon a
colored woman named Hattie Joy, alias
Du Bois, was taken to the
police station for medical treatment
by Officer Stephenson, who found
her on Alameda street, bleeding
profusely from an ugly wound on her
left temple. She presented sickening
appearance on her arrival at the jail,
her clothing being literally saturated
with blood, which trickled from the
wound in her head. Police Surgeon
Morrison staunched the flow of blood,
and found that an artery had been sew
cred. This and several other smaller
wounds having been attended to, Hattie
stated that she had been struck with a
rock tied up in rag by disreputable
woman named Frances Kelly, with
whom she had had an alteration. The
Kelly woman was subsequently arrested
and locked up in the city prison, when
it was found that she also was wounded,
Hattie having "biffed" her on the head
with brick at the beginning OF the
fray.
The next patient to claim the atten-
tion of the police surgeon was youth
named Martin Sullivan, who was taken
in at 2:45 o'clock. While driving a
sprinkler along Also street, near the
Philadelphia brewery, the wheels of the
vehicle jolted in rut, and Sullivan was
thrown to the ground. He fell in front
of the wheels, which passed over one OF
his legs, fracturing the limb.
Morris Callahan limped into the sta
ton at o'clock, and announced that he
had fallen over pile of bricks and hurt
himself, few minutes prior to his ar
rival. He was turned over to Police
Surgeon Morrison, who found that in
addition to hurting his leg the boy had
broken a rib. His injuries were at
tended to and he was sent home.