Democratic Northwest. [volume] (Napoleon, Ohio) 1869-1894, 1893-03-02

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"Three ttmesF" he exclaimed.
My name is James Davis. am mem
Der of the mounted squad of the New
York police force. Rank, patrolman.
was on duty in the Central park on the
morning of October nineteen, eighteen
hundred and eighty =. While patrol
ling my beat saw runaway horse on
the bride path near the mall. A young
gentleman was riding him, and | could
tell by his actions that he was q good
horseman, but knew the horse for a
snowy but uncertain livery hack from
the stables of Rider q Crusoe, and l
looked for an accident. | spurred my
own horse up and started to intercept
the runaway, but just "a came near his
head he swerved suddenly and threw his
rider. My horse was too well trained
to let the runaway escape, however, and
within two minutes | had him fastened
to tree and ran back to see if the gen.
tleman was hurt.
found him ON his feet, apparently
uhhurt excepting for cut on his fore
head, which was bleeding freely. He
had fallen on his face against rock by
the side of the bride path, for there was
blood on the rock Ispoke to the gen.
tleman, but he seemed to be dazed and
stupidlike, and when | asked him for
his name he seemed to be unable to tell
what it was. l took his handkerchief
out of his pocket and wiped away some
of the blood, but it continued to flow
quite freely.
Just then another gentleman drove up
near by and took the wounded gentle
man into his carriage. mounted and
leading the runaway rode alongside the
carriage to the station in the old arsenal
building. There | reported the case to
the sergeant and returned to duty.
SERGEANT HoLLY's STATEMENT
was at the desk in the Central park
station on October nineteen, eighteen
hundred and eighty -, when Patrol
man Davis brought in gentleman who
had been thrown from his horse. Davis
knew the horse, and as the gentleman
seemed to be rather seriously hurt and
was unable to tell his name sent word
to Comstock & Rivers stable at the
same time that called an ambulance,
The messenger from the stable re.
ported that the horse had been sent to
the Castle hotel that morning in answer
to telephone call for a saddle horse fo1
agentleman.
DIR. Ambrose, the ambulance surgeon
decided that the gentleman was not Sc
riously injured, but only partially
stunned, and asked him if he wished tc
be taken to the Castle hotel. He said
"Yes," and Isent him there in carriage
sending policeman with him. The po
Iiceman soon returned and said that the
hotel people knew the gentleman, who
was a guest at their house, and that his
name was Arthur Levinson.
1t was not in the strict line of routine
to send gentleman home in a carriage
but Comstock & Rivers offered to senG
one, and there seemed to be no objection
DR.. AMBRosE's STATEMENT.
was called to the arsenal to attend
the gentleman whom | now know a.
Mr.. Arthur Levinson. He had beer
thrown from his horse in the park ant
had received severe confusion near tn,
center of the forehead. There was ;
slight laceration of the flesh of the fore
head, which occasioned considerable,
hemorrhage, but that was easil,
stanched, and piece of plaster was al
the flesh wound required.
| suspected a fracture of the skull
but after an examination, which was o
necessity imperfect, decided that tn,
patient was in no immediate danger
and as he appeared to be a person o
means recommended that he be takel
home and private physician be sum
moned. He appeared confused ant
either unable or unwilling to talk, ant
/ attributed this to the fact that he hat
been partially stunned by his fall
found no other injuries.
THE HOTEL CLERKS STATEMENT.
Mr.. Arthur Levinson registered at th
Castle hotel on October fourteenth
eighteen hundred and eighty -, and wa
assigned to room ninety. He attracte,
no special attention until the nineteenth
coming and going like any other guest
He said to me the first morning he wa
in the hotel that he was fond of riding
but that for Time at least he preferre
to hire horse rather than to buy one
as he did not know how long he woul
remain in the city He inquired if b
could have horse brought to the doc
every morning, and when told him b
could he said he preferred a spirite
animal.
On the nineteenth he went out a
usual about nine o'clock, and at hal
past ten he was brought back in cal
riage by policeman, who inquired hi
name, saying that he had been throw
from his horse in the park and SCENE
to be unable to talk
addressed him by name, and be ar
swered me readily, but in a strangel
eonfused way, saying nothing initis
tive, yet answering questions willingl
enough, but strangely. Thus when
asked him if he had been hurt he al
swered Eyes, but when asked him no,
he was hurt he looked bewildered an
said, 81 hardly know howit was"
The policeman who came with hi1
said that the hospital surgeon who ha
attended him had said that he woul
need medical attendance. Even if n
such word had been brought woul
have considered it my duty to suggest
Mr.. .Lavinson that a rhysician shnnld b
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