The herald., 1897-03-15

turnout where it had met the car going
In the opposite direction, threw him over
backward onto the. ground, his head
striking the packed earth with a brow
which sounded like the crack of a pis-
tol, ard could be heard for a block.
Other witnesses say that oliver was on
the running board of the car near the
frort and collecting fares and suddenly
lost his hold on the handrail, falling
backward and striking with terrible
force.
The motorman, William Witty, was
unaware of the accident until one of the
passengers rang the bell to stop, which
was done, and the unconscious form car
ried into the Figueroa pharmacy on the
corner. Oliver was bleeding profusely
from the nose and the left ear, vomiting
blood, and seemed in great pain, groan
ing constantly. He was laid on the
floor and DIR. Lewis, who happened to he
near by, summoned. The physician
found the victim in a bad way, the
limbs twitching convulsively and
bloody froth exuding from the mouth
AS the pulse was weak and falling, he
gave a hypodermic injection of NOR
phine and strychnia- followed by dose
of aromatic spirits of ammonia to rouse
the falling energies.
Only once after he was hurt did oliver
speak, that being when he was given the
ammonia. which he said did not taste
good. After this he relapsed into un-
consciousness, groaning feebly, AMI
pressing his hands to his injured head.
On the exterior there was nothing to in
dicate the seriousness of his injury, the
scalp nos being cut. only large lump
appearing at the base of the skull, where
1t had hit the ground. A telephone mes
sage was, however, sent to the police
station, which was received at 500, and
the patrol wagon at once dispatched TO
the scene to convey the sufferer to the
receiving hospital.
On arrival, Police Surgeon Hagan ct
once diagnosed the case as fracture If
the skull and as Oliver appeared to be
sinking again administered the same
restoratives as had been applied by DIR.
Lewis. There was nothing to be dons
save await developments as the frac-
ture could not be located. so the patient
was put to bed. By this time
Oliver was In very bad shape, his form
convulsed by spasmodic twitchings. the
blood pouring from his nose and ears,
indicating severe cerebral hemorrhags.
Dr. Gates, the surgeon of the electric
railway company arrived soon after
Oliver had been put to bed, but could be
of no assistance.
Meanwhile messengers had carried the
news of the accident to divers wife at
their residence, No. 629 Ruth avenue,
the poor woman upon receiving the ter
rible tidings, being nearly prostrated. She
rushed out into the street shrieking,
and was only quieted by being allowed
to at once proceed to her husband $
side. Once at the hospital she rushed to
the bedside of the sufferer and implored
iE anguished tones the unconscious man
to speak to her. Kisses were showered
upon the already marble brow, and in
frenzied accents her darling was i'm
plored to speak to her once more. The
anguished shrieks were audible all over
the Jail, and Mrs. oliver became so hys-
terical that 1t was necessary to remove
her from the bedside by force She re-
mained In the operating room, starting
ct every groan which resounded from
the ward where her husband lay dying,
imploring the doctor and attendants to
tell her that he was not dying. but was
better and refusing to be comforted.
BY her side sat a blue-eyed little boy Of
about years. who gazed in open-eyed
wonder at the unsual scenes, and at
times cried in sympathy with his dis
tracted mother.
Mrs Oliver said that she had been
married over four years and that she
and her husband had been in the city
only about flve months. coming from
Colorado to San Francisco and after
ward here. divers home was in Coats
VILE. Ind, where his parents resided. He
Twas % years old and had formerly re-
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