The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1893-06-30
4 CHILD Run OVER.
Serious Accident Through 4
Drivers CarelessnesA
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AAmse Ae03Go0. the 2yeof-oId child OF
=. J. Asdiean, living ss % Broadway.
was Knocked down BY IN express team.
drven BY j. ]. Good, yesterday sfseYnoon
aoo1f 5o'ciock. aad severely Injured. In
the neighboshood there was considerable
indignation AGAINST The expressman. who
was arrested BY order at Chief q Police
Jackson for crininal carslsssness.
r. J. 4adisan lives in Q little brown
houss which faces the vest AZ the Isls 10
. vacant LOT. recently graded, and across
wnsch few teams have pesssd diagonaily,
the Beginning Of the trail on Broadway
nesng about even with the south side OF
Asdiesn's house. Why the teams should
e5css IN the manner indicated can oaiy b
accounted for By saying that II u easier to
reach Broadway from the houses in the
rsaf q Nadisan's cottage than By any
other way. The little girl was playing In
the vacant lot al alone while her mother
We n the house attsndinR 70 some work.
Mn. Aadigan suddsnly heard the rattle
OF wheels % the south aide Of the houss
and ran 70 the front door 20 80 II her
child was In danger. There stood Mamie
directly in she path Of the horses which
wers bsing driven rapidly toward her, the
drtssr either not sseine her or paying no
attention il he did.
II yelled to him." said Nrs. Madigan,
''as rushed Tor Mamie, bat he paid no a.
tention 70 me and saw the horses loot
strike my child to the ground The wagon
passed rapidly and I thought the wheels
passed over her body or glanced Oh. When
] reached her ahe lay in the dirt, daxed
and with her tongue hanging out. Il
n SypA . kat h. 4 ia
TO the man 20 stop his horses and come
back. but he apparently never heard me.
short distance below the house he got
out to tx his harness and then on re-
mounting whipped up his horses and dis
appeared over the hill toward the business
part Of tho city.
The little one was taken into the house,
where DR.. Kline attended to her. She
Vas half inssnsible. with . strong inclina-
ton to drop fast asleep. On her left tenn
I 10 Vas slight abrasion Of the skin, while
"a the left groin and thigh Of the left leg
wers bruises. What indicated internal
injuries were frequent passages Of blood
and spasm Of pain when the spine was
touched. When the doctor left the house
he had his misC,vings ~ 70 the outcome
Of the case.
The affair was reported to Chief Jack
son later in the afternoon with . dsscrip-
ton OF the expressman and his number.
Detective Cudihes took the case, and in .
short time came to the station with ]. J.
Good. who first denied any knowledge Of
having injured child. In the course Of
conversation. however. he admitted that
he heard . woman yell after he had crossed
the vacant lot near the corner Of Broad
way and NcWilIiams street, bat thought
nothing OF Il. He WAS positive In his -
ssrtions that he never ssw the child.
The report brought In by Detective Cudl-
hss from DR.. Kline convinced the chief
that the ehild's injuries were Of character
to warrant him holding Good. In order
TO 6nd out the exact status Of the case
Good drove TO the Nadigan cottage &C.
companied by the chief and Detective
Cudihce. It was about o'clock when the
chiet went In TO look at the little one, aud
to his surprise - well - the mothers de-
light, she looked up with bright eyes and
smiled. The mother said that her little
one had lain in q stupor until about 5
o'clock when change Tor the better took
place. The blood stopped and with TIRE
exception Of indications Of pains in the
spine, now and then, was apparently ell
right.
Mrs. Madigan told Good. who declared
to her that he did not sec tho child, that
he must have been blind. Good was re-
leased on 500 cash bonds to answer to the
charge OF criminal carelessness.