The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1899-06-01
TWAS HIS OWN FAULT
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as told by the other witnesses. He had
talked with the man, who said he was
on his way from Anaconda to Butte;
did not say anything about stealing a
ride, or who his two companions had
been. Within half an hour from the
time the man was hurt special was
ordered and witness went to Butte with
him. Probably two hours or a little
more elapsed between the time the man
was hurt and the time he reached the
county Jail at Butte. The hemorrhage
from the wound was quite violent until
the wound was bound up in the saloon
but there was very little loss of blood
after that and though he suffered pain
he did not complain Of it's being ex-
cessive. The only request Macleod
made of witness was that his people
be not allowed to hear of his msfor-
tune.
This completed the taking of testi-
mony at Silver Bow, and an adjourn
ment was taken, to meet again at 1880
at Butte
George H. Gates, the conductor who
was in charge of the train which was
the cause of Macleod's death, was the
first witness examined when the in
quest was resumed. He said neither
he nor any of the trainmen knew any
thing of the accident till the train
reached Rocker. There the witness
was notified and got instructions by
wire to go back with the engine and
caboose and bring the injured man to
Butte, which he did. He talked with
Macleod who declined to tell who he
was till assured the witness would not
inform his mother. Macleod had told
witness he was travelling alone and
was on his way from Anaconda to
Butte to look for work. In telling how
he came to get hurt, Macleod said he
rode from Anaconda in an Oregon
Short Line car. This was among the
number of cars set out at Silver Bow
and he had to transfer. 1t was while
trying to get aboard an ore dump car
that he received his injury.
| Captain of Police James Leyden was
| called and examined, but nothing new
| developed from his testimony.
| Emery o. Smales, driver of the coun-
| ty hospital ambulance, was next called.
| He said he went to the county Jail
| Tuesday morning to get Macleod and
| take him to the county hospital. He
| had to wait an hour and half to get
| the patient, and when he was brought
| out he was dying. Witness felt of his
pulse and found he was cold. He re-
marked to Jailer Piskur that the man
was dying. He went to a telephone
and came back and said Take him out
of here; I don't want him to die here -
| Witness had nothing to do but comply
and started. When he got to the poor
| farm the man was dead.
| DR.. p. j. Sheeran treated Macleod.
| He said the man was in a state of col
| lapse when he reached the county Jail.
He checked the flow of blood and adj
ministered morphine to allay the pain
and check the approaching collapse.
| The accommodations We're such at the
| county Jail that the man could not be
! treated properly. DR.. Sheeran here
| took occasion to remark that an
emergency ward and ambulance for
| just such cases should be maintained
| by the county. Macleod's death, DR.
Sheeran said, was due to shock and
| hemorrhage.
Sergeant of Police William F. Nc
Grath and Martin McKone and E. F
| Vincent, brakemen on the train, were
called but they We're unable to throw
any light on the INQUIRY.
The jury returned the following YER
| dict:
THAT the deceased came to his death