The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1899-04-13
DAY OF RUNAWAYS
Mr. Day Thrown Upon His
Head in the Street.
WEST SIDE HAS TWO
Three Persons are Seriously
Injured.

Shortly before noon yesterday all Of
Main street from Pine to Douglas and
west on Douglas to Waco turned out to
witness another bad runaway.
The horses were a big farm team hitch
ed to a farm wagon that had & hog rack
Jay, a well-to-do farmer living on The
Cowskin, west of the city. He had been
TO the stock yards and sold 4 load Of hogs
and was returning toward the city. Part
way into town he overlook Joseph Phil
lips, of Philadelphia, a travelling man,
who was walking in from the packing
house Mr. Jay invited the gentleman To
ride. They were talking, the team Slowly
jogging along. When Pine street was
reached an electric car came bounding
along from behind. The horses were
frightened at the noise and started off at
a rapid pace. BY the time they had reach
ed Central avenue they were leaping like
deers. It had become a runaway i'll earn
est by this time. Mr.. Jay could not check
them, as he had been quite sick for a
while back and had not recovered his full
strength yet and was not able TO pull me
team back hard enough to control them.
Mr.. Phillips, who had been invited 10 ride,
had concluded it was going to end Up
very seriously for all concerned, SO he
jumped out while the horses were making
their best time. In so doing he was seri-
ously injured, his head being cut, a deep
cut over the right eye and he was other
wise injured. The gentleman was assist
ed to The Central drug store where he
was given medical attendance.
The runaway continued down Main
street, the driver holding the lines steady
but without much pull The horses raced
like mad. Teams were made to clear tie
way, some having very close calls. atr.
Jay knew that it was necessary for him
to guide the horses as he could not gather
strength enough to pull them back. He
succeeded in passing everything in the
share of buggies, wagons, street car
poles, etc, and at the corner of Main and
Douglas he pulled hard on the right me
turning west on Douglas, when he got to
Waco he pulled again on the right line and
went north. AS the horses had by this
time got a pretty good lot Of hard racing
ana were nearing IeeQ Darn WHeIe Iuty
had often been fed, Mr.. Jay found it a
little easier task to bring the runaway
team to a standstill..
1t was most miraculous escape from
what looked as if it would end in the death
of driver and horses, besides others who
were driving on the streets at the time.
Mr.. Jay placed his team in Stones barn
on First street and struck out to attend
to the care of Mr.. Phillips, who had left
him at time when he was most needed
The assistance of a second man on the
Lines would probably have brought the
horses to a standstil.
Mr.. Phillips is now quartered at the
Carey with a badly shaped face and head,
aud he will be delayed in his journey
day or so.
Two runaways occurred on the West
Side just this side of the Friends college
One team belonged to Mr.. Andrews, WAC
lives near Haysville. The horses got scaIcd
at a Missouri Pacific train and ran into
a ditch, throwing Mrs. Andrews and ne-
little six-year-old girl into the brush and
very badly injuring them. A physician had
to be called