The Elbert County tribune., 1899-11-16
FREAKS OF BULLETS.
INCIDENTS oF sPANlsr wAR
xaay mea Alive who Have nssn wound
ed In Peculiar Ways nulies rerssrated
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Men are wounded In peculiar ways
sometimes and shots that apparently
should cause immediate deaths give
the victims little trouble A wound
from Matiscr bullet is easy 10 heal.
provided vital spot Is not touched.
and there are men walking around to-
day, well and sound. who have he'd
holes through their bodies and heads
and bones.
Major Raftcr OF the Twentieth Kan
sas has Kept note OF some curious
eases. You cannot depend on Mauscr
bullets. for they often go into vital
parts. and then all the skill OF surgery
cannot save the life OF the yictim.r
the major said as he sat IN his quar-
ters the other day. II cannot tell with
out counting up just how many men
we have Ind wounded nor just how
many have been killed or have died
from wounds. Some OF the wounds
We're from Remington bullets and they
nrc much harder To treat than the
Mauscr wounds. Thcrp II chance for
blood poisoning In them. hut that is
not OF such common occurrence now
MS II used 10 ne.
Now for the list: Here Is Edward
Crane. who holds the record for the
Greatest number OF wounds from a sin
gle shot. lie was brought In. shot
through the hand. the forearm. the
muscles OF his arm and his side. The
wounds quickly healed and Crane was
out nEnin on the line wnding rivers In
two weeks.
John NJ. Wehbcr. Company /, nut
his hand To his belt for n cartridge and
Mnurer came along and cut on the
tips OF his -four fingers. Five cart
ridges were clipped by the same ball.
That reminds me Of nn Incident not
down In the surgical records. A GER
tain officer was sitting down out OF
hnrni's way, II was thought. He was
talking to some friends, All Mt once
there was terrific explosion In his
pocket and he rolled over backward.
yelling like nm Indian. We ran TO him.
thinking n shell from the cncmy's gun
ma struck him ana hurst. When he
was himself again he sat mp aud felt
IN his pocket. finding there bunch OF
bent and exploded shells. He had had
several krng cartridges IN his pocket
ana bullet had struck him In such
mnniicr ms to explode the shells.
Private Shcrpon nj the rnllwny
trnck nt CnIoocan felt n blow In the re-
gion OF his heart, lie jcrIxcd open his
Hhirt and sure enough there was the
hole. But the bullet was there. too.
and he pulled II out with his fingcrr.
put II In his pocket and went on with
the fight.
zone OF the plucky things was the
case OF Harold Chambers OF X com
pnny. The day OF the advance ON san
tn Tomns he received slight wound
In the side. He dressed Il with n
'hrst nid' package and never report
ed. After II was well found out about
II. Then ! asked the lad why he hnd
kept still. Il did not want my mother
TO know Of IT, he said. Had he been
sent to the hospital his name would
have appeared IN the official report.
Probably the most remarkable case
is that OF Frank scmple corporal or
Company u. lie was shot through the
head from side TO side on the day OF
the Santa Tomns fight. by the time
he reached the dressing station he had
lost great deal OF blood. His wound
was dressed aud later he was sent to
the hospital In Manila. lie X alive and
well to-day md there Is nothing the
matter with him.