The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-05-31
FROM PROL 0NGED SHOCK
n. D. Mcleod Was Unable to
Survive His Injuries.
FELL UNDER THE WHEELS
He Was Attempting to Steal Ride on
a Brakebeam From Silver Bow to
Butte-He Showed Rare
Nerve.

H. D. Macleod, the young man who
lost leg by being run over by B., A.
& P train at Silver Bow Monday night
while attempting to steal a ride to
Butte, died yesterday afternoon from
the prolonged shock resulting from his
injury.
Macleod was on his way to Butte, as
he said, from the Occur d'Alene country
to look for work He rode into Silver
Bow on a B., A. 6 P. freight and while
some switching was being done there
he got off When the train started to
pull out again he attempted to swing in
under a car onto a brakebeam, but in
some manner missed the right hold to
accomplish that feat and fell. The
wheels of the rest of the train passed
over his right leg, cutting it off between
the knee and ankle. MacLeod's outcries
attracted the attention of George Smith,
who went to his assistance. A special
brought him to Butte and he was taken
to the county jail and placed under the
care of DR.. Sheean, the county ply
stefan, who dressed the injury. Mac
but bore up with rare nerve and did not
lose consciousness, and because of this
DR.. Sheeran had strong hopes of his re-
covery up to an early yesterday morn
ing. His constitution, though strong,
could not combat the effects of the
shock however, as it had been so pro-
longed, and at an early hour he COM
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county Jail were inadequate to any sort
of proper trea tment and DR.. Sheeran
found it necessary to remove the man
to the county hospital. The ambulance
was accordingly called and he was sent
out. He did not live to reach his des-
tination He sank so rapidly from the
time he commenced to fail that he was
unconscious when placed in the am
bulance and on the way to the poor
farm he died. AS soon as the ambulance
reached the farm the coroner and I'm
dertaker Sherman were notified and the
body was brought to the city
In examining the effects of the dead
man Coroner Julien found a letter
which indicated Macleod had been a
sailor on the Northern Pacific liner
Olympia instead of Dewey's flagship, as
at first understood, and that he had
for money paid an employment agency
showed he had sought work immedi-
ately and had been sent to Kendrick,
Idaho. According to his own state
ment, he also visited the Occur
d'Alenes, but he evidently did not like
the country and decided to come on to
Butte. He evidently went back to Spo-
kane, as money order made payable
to himself at Butte was found in his
effects which he is supposed to have
purchased himself at Spokane. The
money order as well as all his other pa
pers indicate he was not a tramp, and
the fact that he was stealing ride was
undoubtedly due to a desire to save
money. The character of his papers
would indicate he was a very respecta-
BILE sort of a man. All that can be
learned concerning him is that his home
is at Barrie. Simcoe county, Ontario. A
newspaper clipping was found among
the papers which evidently voiced the
mans sentiments concerning what he
saw of Idaho. 1t read:
"A Spokanite who had moved from
place to place and at last landed in
Northern Idaho was asked if he liked
the place. He answered:
There was once a man who moved
from Spokane to Sand Point, from Sand
Point to Scotia and from Scotia to
Rathdrun, after which he died and
went to hell; but the change was so
gradual that he never noticed it, -
Newport Pilot.
Coroner Julien will hold an inquest
to-day and will take the jury to Silver
Bow this morning to hear the testimony
of those Of the important witnesses who
are there, as he does not feel like bring
ing witnesses from Silver Bow to Butte
when they are not even allowed mile
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