The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1895-12-18
ACCIDENT
Moses Sommerfeld Fatally In
jured on Madison Street.
KNOCKED DOWN sY A SLED.
He Falls Heavily on HIS Head-boy
Was watching Team and Did
Not see the Old Man.

white eoaVfgnE doxu fhe sidewalk on
Madison greet from Tenth 70 Slntn YES
fer8ay morning Al 70 o'cioch stir cana
seornrarfou. Warren Haste. Oldest aon OF
Prosecuting Attorney 4. y. HASTE. ran
,nro an OH gentleman named Moses SOM
uaerfeid. knocking him down snd causing
Injuries that sill prove fatal
The occiseut wss as peculiar as II was
tsr.fortunafe The boy and a attic girl
,oyglsanton ma med Jessie Armour had fseen
eoantIn- for r0nae tine previous 70 the acel-
dent aqd had fust started down ne stesp
slippery sidewalk. when the boy, VINO was
kneelin~ on the rear end OF the sled steer
ing, noticed a two-wflesi cart on the cross
ing between Eighth and Ninth streets.
lie began 10 cry out 20 the man in the cart
90 get out ~ the way. 50 that the sled
would not run into the vehicle.
From the xay tn which the girl was sit
ting the hoy could only see on his left, ard
did not notice the old gentleman coming
slp the hnl The sled was speeding along
Ike bullet and when about two-thlris
down struck Sir. S0rnnerfe4d Just hove 8 .
ankles ard knocked him down. the l.a'.k
o. his head violently striking the hard
sidewalk. The zied kept going ~ down
the hill.
Arthur ". whaIley. who was on an nut
going Madison street car. saw the acci-
oent jumped of the car and ran 70 Ir.
after by several others The injured man
regalneG consciousness sufficient TO com
plain that his head waE hurting and with
the assistance OF the mon that had gath
erred was taken TO II Brooks residence
at sol Madison street. " here ne was attend
90 20 until fhe arrival ~ The p8tr wagon,
when he ~as driven 10 police headquaF-
ters. Dr- Palmer. city physlc'sr., was sum
Tnoned. and found Dir. SomaGrfeld N such
precarious condition thai he ordered bin
sent 10 Providence hospital ~ hca1quar
tiers the injured mar had several sinking
fts. from which IL was difficult 20 ro'.se
him.
when f. was discovered that Air. SOM
rneTfeld vas seriously II no. fatally. hurt.
some one teleph0ned to Dir. HASTE VINO
with his deputy. Mr.. Morris. went 10 the
hospital and did everything possible for
the aged sufferer. Mr. Hastie sent tUf Drs.
Horton ana shannon. and told TIE Sisters
In charge 10 give the injured man every
attention. During the afternoon Drs.
Palmer, Kline. Shannon and Horton tfe-
.aned the iniursd mans skull. with hope
% relief bat were unsuccessful ard pro-
nouncod the case hopeless. The patient
never regaiued consciousness.
MIR Haatie deplorcs the accident greatly,
and when hia boy heard that the man he
ran into would die he went straight to the
hospital and in aobhlng tones said he was
very soE@Y the hcCfatht happened re es+i
~ Sas dcing RS best 10 tract the atten-
tion OF tho IN with the cert ard IA not
.es Nsr snGTlre erfeld a All.
sietf-r VS. found Or Mr.. SomUcrfai6 -
dressed 20 the manager OF the Commercial
Tea Company. on Second street. opposite
the RialtO. and inquiry al that place de-
veloped the fast that nc had been working
for that firm for over a year az solicitor.
ard had alse worked for Ahe Rialto - re
sauG connection. He was we'll thought OF
py mis- EMPLOYERS. and IS quite character
lie has travelled sil over the world and IN
doubtediy mas ar Interesting history lie
scomS al Si5 Yealer avenue. His family
consists OF two daughters. as near SIS can
ae folDd out. one ~ them working in the
family OF w. r O'Toole. register ~ the
United States land Office and the other
teaching school At The Neah Bay Indian
reservation.