The evening herald. [volume] (Shenandoah, Pa.) 1891-1966, 1892-08-29

day morning that should strike terror to
the hearts of his companions and cause
them TO mend their ways.
The victim was Michael Byrne, young
man residing in the First ward He is a
cripple for life, having lost his right hand.
1t seems that the gang assembled at the
red bridge Saturday night and partook
freely of keg of beer. At about two or
three O'Clock yesterday morning Byrne left
the crowd to make his way home.
Shortly after o'clock yesterday morn
ing the early P. & r. freight trains pulled
up to the red bridge to switch on the tracks
leading to the Main street depot. The
engineer saw the body of man lying on
the track ahead of his train. He reversed
his engine, but was unable to bring the
train TO stop. The engine slowly ap
preached the body and the cow-catcher
showed the mans head from the track, but
the wheels passed over the victims right
hand. The train was stopped and the
engineer and fireman jumped. They
picked up the man. 1t was Byrne in a
stupor. His right hand was crushed to q
pulp.
Byrne was taken in charge by his COM
panions. The crushing of the hand had
brought the young man to his senses and
with the assistance of his friends he walked
to town in search of medical aid. They
first called at DR. Straup's Office, then went
to DR., Kistler's to DR.. STEMS then to DR..
Oallen's and finally back to DR.. STEMS.
Upon the second visit to the latter's house
the callers forced open the door. A great
trail of blood marked the course the men
had taken and immense pools formed
wherever they stopped. Finally Chief of
Police Davis tied Byrne's arm above the
wrist and stopped the flow of blood, and
DR., Stein attended the victim at his home
An examination of the injuries convinced
the doctor that the hand would have to
come of and it was at once amputsted
To-day Byrne was reported as doing COM
paratively we'll
One of the doctors who failed to respond
to ByrDe's call said yesterday, 'The crowd
that called at my place was in such con-
dition that concluded one Of their num-
Der had been beaten or otherwise hurt in a
drunken brawl and declined to act in the
case. In almost every instance where we
respond to such calls we not only never get
paid for our services, but are compelled to
spend several days at court, for which we
get nothing but the regular witness fees
and our home practice must suffer. In the
Byrne case, when the crowd was asked the
cause of trouble they could not answer
intelligently, only that this feller is hurt.
| concluded it was one of the regulation
brawl affairs and would not touch it. OF
course had known the injury was such
as it proved to be, 1 would have given
temporary service at once"
A prominent gentleman said in connec-
tion with the case last night; 1T is too bad,
for the sake Of the young men as we'll as
the community that something cannot be
done to permanently break up this red
bridge gang, know some of them and
know that when they are at work at the
collieries they behaYe well and attend to
their duties, but when night comes the
beer flows and then they change. believe
that if the relatives of the young men 60
about the matter properly they can hold
the parties who furnish the beer response
Bile and thus partly, at least, break up the
practice. AS understand it, all the mem
bers of the gang chip in for two kegs of
beer. One is appointed to wheel the kegs
up to the bridge and tap them. For this
service he is not obliged to chip in Then,
1 understand, there is still another arrange
ment, The parties who furnish the beer
have made bargain by which they give a
keg of beer for every seven or eight empty
kegs returned; so by the two arrangements
the gang is kept supplied almost every