The Butler weekly times., 1894-11-22
That Sad Accident OF the 18th,

I press and otherwise, In'regari 10
the hurting of Glenn Miller and Ben
ME Wilson. | crave space in Your
paper To state the facts. Ii has been
reported that the boys We're drunk,
that they were running race, that
il was dark. that they We're riding at
breakneck speed and ran into a wire
fence, that the horses stopped and
the boys went on, etc
The tacts.-tilenn Went To >prasue
10 church with his sister III the MORN
ing, returning for dinner and 10 tend
the stock, a. the balance of the fam
ilv were away. While Bennie Wilson
in company with Miss Nellie Wilson.
his cousin, went To Foster To church,
returning home for dinner. After
dinner he went to :. w. DaVl><, |
while Glenn. after dinner, started TO
Mr. Ewings 10 see Bob Ewing, he
stopped at :. W. Davis to get Edgar
Davis to go with him, finding Bennie |
there. The three started for Mr.. Ew-
ing> about 3 L. Ill. They rode down |
the lane about 100 yards north to the |
gate, which opened into the public |
road running east and west, turning |
west they went about Il 100 yards, |
then turning south into the private |
lane going 10 Mr.. Ewings house. |
Edgar says that when they turned
the corner they all started on gallop
but with no intention of running
But the other boys horses being very
fractions at once became unmanage-
able and the boys could not hold
| them. There was Il hedge fence Ola
| the left, which had been cut SO that
| it was dangerous. and a wire fence
| Oh the right and the wire was across
| the lane about 80 rods from the corn
er, there was one post about the
middle of the lane. Edgar says thar
he does not know whether the boys
knew of the wire across the lane or
not, he called To them but whether
they heard him or not, or whether
they knew the wire was there or not,
tAtN toulti iipl iIoitt Aiifii ii'I SN-, t't'
he held his and was at least 100 yards
in the rear, when the boys struck the
wire. He could not see how they fell
for the dust. but he heard the fall.
The horses must have struck the wire
about the same time they broke il
and tumbled or rolled over. Glenn
was some 50 or 90 feet from the wire,
while Bennie was behind him some
itwelve or fifteen feet, their heads be-
ing toward the south. Mrs. Davis
does not think the boys had been
gone from the house over five or six
minutes until Edgar was back with
the sad and awful news. She and :.
w. Davis were there as soon a. pos
sible, sending little girl for Mr..
Bailv. When Mr.. Davis and his wife
got there they at once dispatched
Edgar for Drs. Porter and Langsford
and me, knowing that | was at Fos-
ter :. w. Davis ran to Mr.. Ewing 3
for water For a few minutes, which
seemed hours to her, Mrs. Bell Davis
worked and prayed with the poor
boys. first one and then the other,
not knowing which would die first
yea. she worked a only woman can
work. who has II boy of her own. She
told me that several times she
thought my poor boy was dying.
got there perhaps within 30 minutes
and the Doctors soon after. | found
:. W. Davis and wife, Mrs Ewing
and Mr. Baily with some Others doing
ali that they could. Soon after the
Doctors arrived we put the boys in a
spring wagon and moved them to 5
". Davis and i'll short time Mr.
\. ). Wilson, uncle to Bennie, came
and took him home, where he dice
the next day. For nine days it wa
very uncertain whether Glenn wouI(
recover or not, but he has been slow
lvvet steadily improving. We brongh
him home to-day, which is the 15tf
= day after his injury, DR.. Porter gGin4
, with us.
And now wish not only 10 express
NV thanks but the thanks Of my wife
and children to all who in any way
expressed their sympathy for our bo,
E and us: We shall never forget them
/. For want of space. can't name all
but | must mention $ ". and Mrs
Bell Davis, Mrs. Ewing and Mr.. J
w. BaiIy. II we can never repa,
: them. we will certainly hold them il
grateful remembrance; also Drs. Por
j er and I.angsford for their kindnes
g and faiThfuiness, also DR. Warren am
: Bro. Gwinn for his sympathy AM
. friendship. W. r. MILLER
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:, tai and nervous debility. Zsno restores IN
& / broken down nervous system and lost mar
n | Sol1 nv III l.. Tucker