St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-11-29

Description Of the Accident-Hisi
Daughter in St. Paul Advised
by Wire That He Is Not So
Seriously Hurt as at First
Thought A Distinguished
Builder.
Francis Agnew, formerly member
of the firm of Hennessey, Cox Il Agnew
and we'll known in this city and the
Northwest, lies at his home at 292 East
Huron street, Chicago, in a critical con-.
dltlon from Injuries received in a grip
car accident Sunday night. =
The Chicago Tribune of yesterday
gives the following account of the ac-
cident:
AS to the manner in which he received
his Injuries there is only Indefinite in
formation. Shortly after O'Clock grip
car No. IT'S, south-bound, came down
Clark street.
According to the story told by Grip
man Peterson to the police he noticed
dark object. lying between the tracks
just south of the intersection of Gar
field avenue and Clark street. He saws
he threw the lever ana brought the car
to a sudden stop. With Conductor
Pierce he went to the front end OF the
train and the two men pulled Mr..
AgneW from underneath the fOOtbOard,
UNCONSCIOUS WHEN FOUND.
Mr.. AgneW was unconscious, and
blood was flowing freely from large
scalp wound and bruises Oh his hands.
Inc unconscious man was carried to
the Relic house, which stands at the IN
terSectlon of North Clark street and
North Park avenue. A messenger was
dispatched to DR.. Mcdowell, at No. 437
Center street. For more than an hour
the physician was kept busy in dressing
the wounds and in efforts to revive the
injured man, but without avail. The
East Chicago avenue ambulance was
called. and shortly after o'clock Mr..
Agnew was taken to his residence at
No. 2S2 East Huron street. The police
are inclined to doubt the gripman's
story, and today will Investigate the
case. If Peterson's account is correct it
must be assumed that Mr.. Agnew had
been injured by some cable train. and
had fallen between the tracks. He was
not discovered until Grip Car No. IT'S
came along.
Mr.. Agnew returned Friday evening
from Lamont, where he had been look
Ing after the interests of his firm in con-
nection with the drainage canal. Yes
terday he spent the day with his family
At . O'Clock in the afternoon he left the
house to pay a visit to friend in the
northern portion of the city. At the
time he was injured he was probably On
his way home.
The cut on the back of his head ap.
peared to have been made by piece of
metal. 1t was large and deep. but the
skull was not fractured. 1t had bled
freely, and Mr.. Agnew was weak. In
addition to the cut on his head his body
showed many bruises. His clothing
was torn. and i'll some places the skin
OH his body had been broken.
Francis Agne has a large circle of
friends and business associates in st.
Paul, having made his home in this city
for several years. The firm of which he
was a member at that time built the
Ryan hotel, the Globe, New York Life
and Endicott buildings, in this city,
the West hotel and New York Life
buildings in Minneapolis, and sew
erai other large buildings in this city
and Minneapolis, also the Spalding
hotel at Duluth.
A telegram received last evening by
his daughter, Mrs. L. J. Darragh. who
resides in st. Paul, announced that his
injuries were not of as serious nature
as reported, and his condition was much
imDrOyed