The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1896-07-01
AN ARTIFICIAL MAN.
ARMS, LEGS, NOSE, TEETH AND
SKIN BOUGHT.
The Victim of Kansas Cyclone. he
Gave an Interesting Account of Him
self Is Native Georgian.

| Gave an Interesting Account of Him.
self. Is Native Georgian.
| Macon had for guest yesterday, says
the Telegraph, man who is one of the
curiosities of the nineteenth century
and living monument to the triumph of
modern surgery. The man was John j.
Callahan of near Troy, Ala. He is re-
markable for the fact that he is without
arms, legs, nose and teeth except those
furnished by the ingenuity of man, and
the skin on one side of his face he can
hardly call his own, having once been
the property of another man.
Mr.. Callahan was seen by Telegraph
reporter, who once knew him before he
happend to the misfortunes that depriv-
ed him of his various extremities. He
talked pleasantly about himself and told
of the calamity that made him what he
now is. His limbless condition is the re-
suit ola cyclone that devastated Fayette
vile, Ca, and swept the country few
miles south of Atlanta. He was living
at the time n sar Hays City, Kan, where
he tepded small farm, despite the fact
that he had but one arm, having lost the
other in the battle of Chckamauga.
Hays City was but hundred or two
miles from where the storm had It's Grad
ling place. On the evening when it
arose in its fury and swept the CONT
nent he was ploughing in the field not
far from his home. He paid no attention
to the cloud and did not realize his
denger until the storm burst upon him.
he threw himself fat on tie ground
and would probably have escaped Sc
rious injury had he not become entang-
led in the pillow lines. He was caught
up like feather and dragged with the
two horses and harrow for distance of
over hundred feet. When they struck
the ground his body caught between The
iron framework of the harrow, the body
of one of the horses crushing both legs
and his remaining arm to a pulp, be-
sides breaking his nose and inficting
severe internal injuries. 1t Is a great
wonder that he lived, but he did and re-
covered rapidly from the shock of ampu-
tating the broken limbs.
AS soon as he recovered sufficiently he
was sent to Pittsburg, Pa, to a cousin,
who was prominent surgeon of that
place. For some reason the left side of
his face, from which the skin had been
torn, would not heal up satisfactorily
aud his cousin decided to resort to skin
| grating. 1t was some time before he
could find any one who was will
ing to part with his cuticle to
grow on another man, but be sue
ceeded at last in finding man who
was willing to part with his skin for a
consideration. He was a newly-released
convict from the city stOckade and was in
the very pink of health. He was carried
to the surgeons operating room and
enough of the cuticle taken from his arm
to cover the bare tissue of Mr.. Callahan's
face. The operation was a perfect sue
cess, the transplanted skin growing to
his face and healing rapidly. Mr.. Gala
han, who had supplied himself with ar
tificial limbs, could not have been told
from an ordinary man had it not been
for his nose, the bridge of which was
crushed in. Last year he decided to try
to have his nose treated. He sold his
place at Hays City and went to New
York and consulted several specialists
for the nose. He found one who guar
anteed a perfect nose He had made
delicate oontrivance of aluminium,
which, when inserted into the nose, rails
ed the broken bridge to its normal posi-
ton. AS he sat in the union depot yes
terday no one could have seen that he
had ever suffered such a misfortune.
He is able to preambulate on his arti-
fetal limbs almost as we'll as if they
were real live legs, and the slight limp
he has when walking is not notice
able.
Mr.. Callahan was on his way from
his home near Troy, Ala, where he runs
small grocery store, to Miner, Ga.
He has brother living near Miner,
whom he is going to visit.
TEE REPORTS AGAINST SPAIN.