The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1897-11-21
".SIEGRIST'S ODD MISHAP.
cor HIS Week o N A BROKEN VASE
At TIKI ASTORIA.

Became Faint In Bfis Room. ard IN Ham'nE
knocked the vase IRON the SI~antei-Waiked
Across the street TO = prug store. Where
the Wound. Not = mad one, was preesea'
II. A. Siegrist Of st. Louis, a guest MT the
Waldorf-Astoria met with q peculiar accident
in his room shortly before 1 o'clock yesterday
morning. Mr.. SiegrIst, with his wno anu
sister'in-law, occupied rooms $40 ana on on
the fifth floor Of the Astoria section. They were
at the Horse Show on Friday evening, ana re-
turned home shortly after midnight. The hotei
corridors were damned with guests ana at
one time II was estimated that there were S'ooo
mon and women in the big hotel. Mr. SieHrist
complained Of feeling faint, and he and his
wife hurried to their room. They had oeon
thore but q short time when q physician was
hurriedly sent for. DIR. Adams and DR.. Ely, the
hotel physicians, were in the throng in the cor
ridors and could not be found readily to answer
tho summons.
When it was learned In Mr.. Siegrists room
that the physicians were not on hand Mr.. Sic
Frist came out and hurried downstairs In tho
elevator to the hotel Office. II was noticed that
he was bleeding profusely from q cut behind the
right car. Ho was calm, however, and did not
think his injury n serious one. Manager George
c. Boldt saw Mr.. Siegrist when he came out OF
the elevator, and, as he could not find q physi-
clan. Mr.. Boldt sent Mr.. Siegrist across tho
street to Daggett s. Ramsd ellis drug store to
have his injury attended to.
While Mr.. Siegrist was in the drug store he
became very pale, and the clerk who was trying
to stanch the flow of blood from the wound be-
came alarmed, and sent in, a hurry Gall to
Bellevue Hospital for an ambulance. The am
bulancc arrived at the drug store In four min
ntes. making one Of the quickest calls on record
Surgeon Stone administered some simple re-
storatives, and Mr.. -Sicgrist was soon as well as
ever. Tho cut In tho back of his neck was about
three inches long, but not deep enough to be
serious. Surgeon Stone dressed 1t in q short
while.
! In the meantime Mrs. Siegrist had become
considerably agitated and followed her husband.
She was assured by Manager Boldt. however.
Boldt that Mr.. Siegrist had become suddenly
faint, when he reached his room and had fallen,
knocking down q small glass vase on the mantel
with his hand. He struck the back OF his head
on q broken fragment Of the vase.
After having his wound dressed Mr.. Siegrist
walked across to the hotel and went up to his
hotel office, but 1T was no more than would ordi-
narily be caused by such an incident. Pierre
Botkine. the Russian delegate to the Behring
Sea Sea Commission. occupied a room adjoin-
ing that OF Mr.. Siegrist, and he was in his
room when the accident occurred. He says he
heard Mrs. Siegrist scream when her hus-
nothing which would tend to show that the
accident had not occurred Just as IL was de-
scribed by Mrs. Siegrist. -.
Yesterday it was said that Mr.. Siegrist had
recovered from his hurt and was in his usual
health. He decided to rest for the day. how
ever. ana declined to receive callers. He is the
son-in.law OF. DIR. J. J.. Lawrence of st. Louis.
the millionaire manufacturer of proprietary
medicines. Mr.. Siegrist is associated with DIR.
Lawrence in the management of the business.
He has a magnificent home in st. Louis and is
He came to New York for the Horse Show. He
may return to st. Louis tomorrow.