The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-05-04
c. 4. M(|R[Y BADLY HURT
PARALYZED BY FALL In
CAPITOL BUILDING
INJURIES MAY PROVE FATAL
Fell Down Flight of Stairs-RemOved
to Hospital and Wife and
Family Physician
Sent For.

Charles A. Morey, Of Winona, senior
member Of the state board of control, fell
from fight of stairs at the state capt
tol building yesterday morning, sustain
Ing injuries from which it is feared he
| may be unable to recover. He is lying
| in a helpless condition at ST. Joseph'S
| hospital, his entire right side, from arm
| to limb, paralyzed as a result of the ac>
cident.
Between and 10 o'clock yesterday
morning Mr.. Morey and Mr. Lee, of the
! board of control, left their Office for the
! library on the third floor of the build-
| ing Mr.. Morey was returning in advance
| of his associate and was carrying several
| large books, which ne held in front OF
him. few seconds after he had left
| the library room, Mr.. Lee and H. W.
! Wright, the accountant of the board,
were alarmed by crashing noise They
! hurried to the top Of the narrow stairway
! leading up from the senate chamber and
! at its foot, saw Mr.. Morey lying, head
downward, in ere mped position
! Fastening down the short fight of steps,
they picked him up and found that he
was seriously injured Remedies calcu,
| lated to resuscitate him and bring him
! out of a semi c0nscious state into which
his fall had evidently thrown him. were
applied and the injured man showed
signs Of intense pain.
SENT FOR HIS WIFE.
DR.. Walsh and DR. McDavitt, Of ST
Faul. were summoned and they at once
called an ambulance and had Mr. Morey
removed to st. Josephs hospital. Mr..
Morey called for his wife and asked that
she and their family physician, DR.. Nc
Gaughey, of Winona, be sent for. This
request was quickly complied with by
wire and in the afternoon Mrs. Morey
and the doctor arrived and were taken
Immediately to the hospital, where they
| found Mr.. Morey suffering intensely and
almost totally unconscious. Mrs Aorey
| took her husband by the hand and told
| him who she was. He was unable to
open his eyes, but by grasping her hand
tightly, gave evidence that he recognized
her.
AS there was no eye witness to the
accident it is, OF course, impossible to
state all the exact facts concerning 1t,
since the patient is unable to relate them
Mr.. Lee, who was the first to reach him,
believes with Mr.. Leavitt, of the board,
and Mr. Wright however, that he must
haeY fallen nearly, if not quite the en-
tire range Of steps. The stairway is
very narrow and decidedly steep Mr.
Morey was carrying the books in front
or him and it is probable that they, OBJ,
structed his vision The stairs are heav-
lily carpeted, giving the steps an incline
toward the front, which makes them ex-
ceedingly dangerous.
AS was stated Mr.. Morey when found
was lying with his head touching the
floor OF the senate chamber and bent
toward his left shoulder; his feet up the
stairs, suggesting that he must have been
turned completely in falling unless the
theory, that he fell headlong, be cor
rect. He was lying upon his back Mr.
Lee, Mr. Leavtt and Mr. Wright laid
him on the floor of the senate chamber
as comfortably as possible and asked
him to locate the pain. He pointed to his
eyes and back of his head When Mr.
Lee Strengthened his head, the inju
man gave a deep groan as if it panied
him severely. He was unable to open
his eyes or to move his right arm or leg,
which, after he was removed to the hos
pital, We're found to be in paralytic con-
ditlon. 1t was at first thought his spine
was injured and his skull possibly frac-
tured, but the physicians examination
found neither result to have been sus-
tanned. Mr. Morey is a large man and
his heavy weight gave a momentum in
falling which, no doubt, partially ac-
counts for the serious nature of the
injuries.
MAY HAVE FALLEN IN FAINT.
The first theory offered for the acct
dent was that Mr. Morey tripped on the
top step and failed to regain himself.
but, While this may have had something
to do with it, 1T was decided at the hos
pital that he fell while in a faint. For
some days past he had been complaining
OF keen pains in his forehead ard neck
and just over his eyes. He had not been
very we'll, and to offset his ill feeling
had been in the habit of arising early in
the morning and taking a long walk be.
lore breakfast. He has been subjecting
himself to constant labor since assun-
ing the duties of his new Office and it is
supposed that a strain on his nervous
system produced a state from which
vertigo easily resulted. He had not lost
any time from his duties however, since
he began his work on the Loard.
The report Of Mr.. Morey's injury spread
rapidly over the state building and cast
a gloom over all. Gov. Van SAINT who ia
a close personal friend of the injured
man, being a resident of the same town
as Mr.. Morey, was greatly affected by
the accident and as soon as possible ar,
ranged his affairs in order to Join Mrs.
Mercy and DR.. McGaughey, of Winona.
who had come up on the first train, to a
trip to the hospital. Former Lieut.. Gov.
Yale was also an early visitor at the
bedside. AS has been stated, Mrs. Morev
gained the recognition of her husband
and at times when he seemed to rally
from his stupor Of consciousness, he gave
| evidences of recognizing the governor and
Lieut.. Gov. Yale. But the deep groans
In close succession, told truly of the
agony he was suffering
EXAMINED BY PHYSICIANS
AS soon as possible the physicians
| made an examination and found thar
fortunately no bones had been broken nor
the spine affected by the fall. Drs.
Walsh, McDavitt McGaughey and other
| physicians took part in the examinations
| several Of which were made during the
afternoon. The agony of the sufferer
was too great to enable the doctors to
proceed with their examinations with
out interruption and it was some time
before they could satisfy themselves of
the exact nature Of the injuries.
Mr.. Morey is an active Republican and
was appointed a member Of the state
board of control by Gov. Van SAINT for
term of six years, the longest term OF
any OF the members. He has been prin.
cipal Of the state normal school at W.
mona, from which institution he gradu-
ated In 1872 and was for many years pres
ident of the board Of trustees of the same
school. He Is prominently identified with
politics in this state.
Piles Cured without the KnfF.