The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1898-04-25
Was HORRIBLY CUT UP
Patrick Handley Run Over by a
Street Car.
HIS RECOVERY DOUBTFUL
He Wa So Seriously Injured That 1t
Wa Necessary to Amputate One
of His Legs-rhe Other Is
Frightfuny Crushed,

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ployed at the marble works at 3l4
south Montana street. was run over by
a street car yesterday morning and 50
seriously injured II became necessary to
Hmputate his right leg and the left one
was so terribly crushed that IL is
problematical whether IL can Ice saved
or not. even IL he should survive his in
juries. which is considered doubtful. as
ne suffers greatly from shock and
should ganerene set i'm his injuries
would doubtless result fatally.
In the judgment OF eye-witnesses,
drink was responsible for the accident.
which. at best, will make Handley a
cripple for life. The accident occurred
shortly after midnight, when the last
car was coming up from South Butte.
The car was one of the bob-tail cars
usually run on the West Side line. but
which was utilized ON his occasion on
ahe South Butte run. The car was in
charge OF ID. G.. Nrooman and was maxi
1ng the usual progress of the bob-tails
when IL approached the corner of Mer-
curry and Arizona street. Al that point
Handley and a companion. another
stonecutter. reeled out OF the Half Way
saloon and signaled the car to stop. 1t
did so and Handley started to get
aboard. He got hold of the handles
and was about To step on the platform
when some one attracted his attention
by calling him by name. and he turned
ms though to go back. and the motor
man. evidently thinking that was his
intention and at that hour of the night
being in a hurry To get to the barn was
On no mood to wait for drunken men to
parley. and started the car. Handley,
however. had not released his hold on
h handles and when the car started
was jerked off his feet. which. in his
besotted condition. he could not regain
and fell with his legs directly across the
track. The whole thing occurred so
quickly that before the motorman real
lied la had happened the unfortu-
nate man was under the wheels. and
the motorman was unable to stop the
a till both trucks had passed over
Handiey's legs. He stopped as quickly
as he could and the passengers went to
Handley's assistance. They picked him
All n carried him to the walk and "A
telephone message was sent to Murray
K Freund's hospital. DIR. Humphreys,
one Of the hospital surgeons. responded
with the ambulance and Handley was
removed to the hospital. where Drs.
Murray. Freund and Humphreys am
putated the right leg at the knee. and
found the left so badly mangled they
htdNS iaht htBtS VI btihS dblt " save
1t. The main bone of the left leg
was not broken. but the smaller ones
were in several places and the flesh
was terribly torn. In order TO avoid
leaving the injured man utterly help
less an effort will be made to save the
limb. but the surgeons have little hope
of being able to do so. as they fear gan
creme Will set in. i'm which event ampu-
tation would be necessary il il did not
result fatally.
Handley was able yesterday to relate
the circumstances Of the accident.
though still very low from the effects of
the shock. He said he and n friend of
the same occupation had been out for a
little time the night before and wound
up at the Half Way house pretty drunk.
They decided to catch the last car for
home. They stopped the car. and as
he was about to get aboard some one
called him by name. He turned. the
car started and he fell under the wheels.
He did not hold anyone responsible for
the accident.
The passengers who were on the car
say the accident was entirely luz To
Handley's being so drunk he could
scarcely stand. For some reason the
street car officials endeavored to keep
the accident from becoming public and
forbade employees to speak Of IL.
no blame appeared to attach to the
company.
Handley is a single man. A. years old.