The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1896-12-21

While crossing ossr Flrst avenue - ne
& A. G. last evening ats0ut 80 O'Clock
y r. Solner. Doozkeeper Tor tae FosS-
Jrfefif Esucer was Knocked down - 3
slarserl4u and severely injured internally
and about tffs shoulders The accident oc-
CURED a. a time when a great many peo-
NE we're on the street. and vas witnessed
81 q farza number. Mr.. soiner was struck
zgith such force az 20 knock hETn al le4st
FIVE feet before striking The ground. and
fhea he vas rolled over ~ least nA4t
dozen times. There were two 8orseFnefl.
bgE only one OF the animals struck by
soiner. ueither one stopping after rne &C
o.dent Several people rushed 70 fae IN
sure9 mans assistance and carried Dim
into the drug store across the street from
che club. His clothes were 1esg4tlerefi
with mud and blood was trickfng down
ms face from RouaQ ~ the mead 1T
VIII Shannon vas Beus for. and 5mfneth-
ately upon arriving set 20 @orh oan@aS4tls
up Mr. SolneFss back and shoulders. when
were giving h.n intense pain a carriage
.ra~ @srnuloned and the injured man con-
veyed 60 Providence hospital, where he
was placed IN bed ard his fissA wounds at
terded to. Owing % the intense pan IN
tha region OF the lungs and let shoulder.
Or Shannon would not attempt an ex-
animation, but instead injected morphine
into his patient 20 aliay the pain and pro-
duce sleep On the trip 70 the hospital
Mr. Solner suffered tortares. but stood Il
manfu4sy.
He sald he was on his way from the
Seattle theater 10 the Grub. and neither
saw nor heard che horses until they were
upon him. There was a ear standing near
the corner. and u IS possible that the noise
A stopping drowned the pattsr OF the
horses' hoofF
oalcer Bprkman. Who was near BY at
H.
someone that the horEefnen We're named
Morse and Davidson. and after the crowd
had been dispersed. arrested Morse and
later Davidson. These men stated 70
Chief Reed that they had been riding dur
ing the day. but were not on First ay-
enue later than 5 o'clock.
Later IN the evening Officer Stevens.
whose beat r. on Pike street. was told that
the horsenen were two boys named VII
Ham Cooper and George Martele. and go
ing to Coopcr's home. 1901 First avenue.
he placed tho lad under arrest To Capt.
Hogis young Cooper. who Is but &c years
Old. stated that he and MaTtele we're ride
fng together during the afternoon, and
when near Madison street on First avenue
Mzrtoic's horse. a big bay. rangy fellow
became frightened al the cable car and
ran away. Squirting his horse en- so as
20 assist MaTteis tn holding his runaway
:
terrible pace. Just before reaching Seneca
street COOPER says he saw a man about 20
cross over 20 the athletic club. Both hs
and Narteie cried out. and the next In
staut were upen him. cooper's horse
Jumped over the body after q was knock
- down ny Martele's horse and up the
street they few. Just after striking Sol
ner. Cooper says he got q hold on the
reln~ OF the other horse, which he finally
stopped the other side Of Pike street.
Cooper cried when told that Solaer was
badly hurt and said he was awfuily sorry
the accident happened.
sergt, Templeton arrested young Mar
teie a bright lad OF "a. at his home on
the water front. about O'Clock. and took
him TO headquarters. The lad. who "a
not yet out Of short breeches. told the
same story as Cooper. He Is a delivery
boy for Fraser & Wilson Chief Reed or
deret them both locked up until this
morning. At which time ha VIII investf-
gate whether they were racing or whether
the horses really were running away.