The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1897-11-30
PUNCHING BAGS WORK.
It Struck Mrs. Emma Escort,
Who Fell in 4 Fit.
Previous Injury to the Brain
Manifests Serious Results
Piercing Screams Ring Through the
Sixth Avenue Hotel for
Two Nights

The rest of PATRONS OF the Sixth Ave
nue. hotel in this city has been mate
rally disturbed during the past TWO
NIGHTS From time 10 time during the
night their sIumbars have been broken
tsv piercing screams erninatIug from q
room IN the rear upstairs portion or
the building occupied by the female
employees of the hotel Had they not
been informed BY the proprietor Of the
real cause Of the trouble after the first
disturbance Sunday night. they might
easily have supposed from the Charac-
ter and force of the screams that some
tragedy was being enacted, or that q
part Of the building had been turned IN
10 4 private lunaLIC asylum
Those VINO nave happened To oz IN
the room at the time that the screams
Ereur ringing through the building nave
witnessed q most p1lIable sight Lne5
have seen woman Of middle age
7vrIthIug in the thr0es Of an apIleptIc IT.
raising her entire body from the bed
BY the muscles Of hzr neck and tees
and after a. moment falling back eZ-
hausted+ her eyes taking Oh the CLASSY
appearance or & corpse
The woman Is Mrs. Emma Escort.
employed as a ChanberIaid at the
sixth avenue hotel, and her present
suffering is the result Of an accident
which occurred about two months ago
AT that time she was employed at the
Adams House IN North Topeka. and
the fence in the rear Of thar building 10
see one of tne ether employees attempt
10 ride bicycle she fell backward and
struck her head On the stone Sidewalk
she was carried into the hotel Uncou-
sclous- and for hours lay IN an iEseusi-
HE condition The physicians at first
said that her brain was permanently
injured buE the woman rallied after a
few days. and in the course Of two
weeks had apparently regaiuad her
usual health Her present condition.
SIS Of the attending hysicians was cor
rect
soon after the accident Mrs Escort
left the Adams House and secured en-
pl0yDeut at TIE Sixth Avenue hotel
From the time Of her recovery she had
felt no effects from the accident. and
up TO late hour sunday afternoon
was apparently in the best Of health
and spirits While amusing herself in
a burIesuue athletic exhibition in COM
pauy with another female empfOye of
the hotel and the cOIored porter. she
was attacked with an epIlerr8c Mt
The porter Of the building had seen
the punching bag perforrna nee of Bob
FlrzsimUons an the Crawford theater
last week and was SO impressed with
the work og the champion in this par
rIculaE that he decided to initiate him
His work prevented him from carrying
cut his plans until Sunday afternoon
and then he solicited the aid Of Mrs
Escort and one Of the other chamber
maids in hrrlng UP the necessary para
pheruaIia-
After rumaging the entire building
rhe Wauld-be pugilist was unable to
find anything that would serve the pur-
pose Of a punching bag. and at last he
communicated his pp1IntEent to
Mrs Escort
How would a ball Of carpet rags
dog she asked
Tire very thing replied the porter
sE9urry up with the ball and wen have
q first class gymnasium in i've min
uras
Mrs Escort secured the ban. a strong
cord was attached TO il by the porter
and few minutes il was SWINGING
back and Forth from the ceiling Of one
z few minutes more. the porter, with