The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1896-01-02
MILO S. FREEMAN BADLY HURT.
THROWN FROM a HACK AND MAY
DIE FROM HIS INJURIES.

Firecrac<ers Hurled Under "A Horse
Caused the AceIdent-The Hack
Upset, MIR. Freeman Thrown
Against "A CurbstOne and His skull
Probably Fractured Mr.. Guy
smith Also InJured-Mr. }. VI. Car
OIan, Who Was I'm the Hack. Es-
cnped-Mr. Freeman's Condition
Critical.
Mr.. Milo s. Freeman was very seriously
and perhaps fatally injured by being
thrown from a hack on Liberty street, last
night few minutes before 10 O'Clock.
Mr.. Freeman, who is auditor Of the Chat
tanooga, Rome and Columbus railroad
with headquarters at Rome. has been
spending few days in the city on busi-
ness. He left the Pulaski House for the
Central railroad depot last night, accom-
panied by Messrs. Guy Smith and James
N. Carolan. The party took hack. driv-
en- by white man named J. J. Simmons,
and went down jefferson street and was
turning into Liberty street, when some
negro boys standing on the corner threw
a pack Of fire crackers under the horse.
The explosion of the fire crackers fright
ened the animal and he dashed down Lib
erty street towards the Central railroad
depot. The hack was run into the curb
ing on the west side Of Montgomery street
and overturned, throwing the occupants to
the ground. Mr.. Freeman's head struck
the curbstone, knocking him senseless.
Mr.. Smith was thrown on his face on the
pavement and was badly bruised. Mr..
Carolan escaped without injury.
DR.. NJ. II. Davis was summoned to at
tend Mr.. Freeman. He saw at once that
Mr. Freeman was seriously hurt ana had
fan1 nod ts4Nr
him to the Savannah hospital. 1t was
some time before the ambulance arrived
and DR. Davis gave the wounded man
such attention as was possible. After
being removed to the hospital DR.. Davis
and DR.. Morrison, the resident physician.
examined Mr.. Freemans wounds and
finding them very serious, notified his rel
atives of the fact
The physicians were unable 10 say last
night what the result would be. They
were very apprehensive that there was
a fracture of. the skull. DR.. Davis sta
ted that there was so much blood beneath
the tissues of the temple that he was I'M
able to say positively whether or not there
was fracture of the skull The ex-
tremities being cold and the heart action
weak lead MIN TO believe that there was
a depression Of the skull with a conse-
quent blood clot apparently on the right
side. The left side indicated subnormal
temperature with loss of sensation and
partial loss of movement. The pupils Of
the eyes were also much dilated, indicat-
ing fracture. The injury was undoubted-
~ very severe, III Davis Sdlus ana II
was impossible to foretell the result.
At l O'clock this morning DR. Morrison,
who was telephoned at the hospital, stat
ed that Mr.. Freeman's condition was the
same, and that there was no probability
of change in the next few hours. Mr..
Freemans brother, Mr.. George q. Free
man, and several other relatives, spent
the night at the hospital.
Mr.. Freeman was for a number of years
auditor of the Central railroad, but left
the road on account of the changes Incl
dent to its transfer to other control. For
a year or more he has been auditor of the
Chattanooga, Rome and Columbus rail-
road at Rome. He has many friends here
who always gave him "A warm welcome
whenever he visited the city, and to whom
the seriousness of his condition will cause
great concern
The two colored boys who threw the
fire crackers were seen and chased into
the basement OF a house on Liberty street.
They will probably be arrested to-day. Mr..
Smith was quite severely hurt, the
wounds in his face bleeding freely. He
was able to go to his home nearby, on
Liberty street. Several ladies, who were
nearby when the accident occurred, rem
dered all the assistance in their power to
! the injured men.