The Wichita daily eagle., 1901-06-28
WARREN M'KEE SICK
Had Two Severe Fits in City
Jail Yesterday.
REMOVED TO HOSPITAL
Doctors Consider His Condi-
ton Dangerous.

Warren Mckee. the mzn arrested as
principal il the railroad warehouse ROB
berry case was stricken With apoplexy
yesterday IN MS eel At the police station
and IL va thought at two different times
that he would surely die.
Mckee had two strokes OF aDoplectis
ITS and after The second one which LEFT
An IN very weak and serious condition
be vas removed by order Of Acting CITY
Physician seigle 70 the Wichita hospital
Mckee IS a very feshy. heavy set man
He is Of the type and temperament that
is easily subjected 10 ap0plexy and shows
the appearances OF liability to such dis
eases as fatty degeneration Of the heart
ard ether kindred maladies-
Yesterday morning at about Il o'clock
Mckee was feeling pretty fair. He had
Up t5 the time Of ais arrest kept pretty
wsu stimulated and this was chopped on
short when he was taken 70 the station
he worried a good deal after he was
locked Up. about his trouble and yester-
day was Just preparing 70 drink some
lemonade that had been prepared b. the
other prisoners when he Strengthened
back IN his chair and sti6ered and his
face took on a purpIlsh red hue ard he
fell to the foor IN a violent 1T IN which
he fozmed at the mouth and gnashed his
teeth and bit his tongue until IL bled an
the blood ran cut Of his mouth in a
stream.
DPS. seigie and Hoffman were hastily
summoned and administered rest0ratives
ard the IL passed on and Mckee was
much better he was somewhat weak
after the first 1T and he had a pallet
arranged On the corridor foor and kept IN
q reclining position on that all the after
noon
About o'clock IN the afternoon the Of
dcers heard q furious beating on the
iron cell rods and they ran down and
found that Mckee had another 1T Two
men who were locked in the same corri-
dor with him had sounded the alarm and
they we're rubbing and chatting his hands
and arms in a vain endsavor 20 do some
thing for him
Chief Burt. James Oliver and oncers
AIcMnlen and Mercer and Detective Mas
sey vert . the assistance Of the unfor-
tunate man and the chief few back up
the stairs and got a bucket OF ice water
and chunk of Ice from the water cooler.
The cold water was dashed In Mckee 8
face and some on his neck and temples
TIE chief told the boys TO wrap the ice IN
a towel and 10 hold Il agaist the man s
head ~ the base Of the brain and he
grabbed the towel and sultad his action
to the words. AS soon as the Tee was
applied to The base OF the brain along the
u1adula ohlongatta or spinal cord Mckee
began 10 breathe easier and gradually
grew better He had again bitten his
tongue until thu blood ran anT i was
Sowing back into his throat and he was
iu danger every inmate of strangling or
choking 70 death
II about ten minutes after The Ice was
applied and the rush of blood % the head
was checked the patient grew much easier
and tried 10 get Up- lie was hsh- headed
and his mind ramble1 ard rha only thing
that seemed to hold his attention fer more
than minute was the diamond set geld
star worn By the chief of police
DR.. Seigle who had been teiephoned for
arrived az about this time and admins
tered q restorative and stated that 3lo-
Kee was in a serious condition and was
very likely 10 die in one of the attacks II
they kept occurring H- ordered The
man removed to the wichita hospital and
said that he had better be- put iu a ward
by himself and guard placed over him.
The ambulance was ordered from How
ard barn and Mckee was taken 20 the
hospital The ambulance iefr az about 5
O'Clock and II ffteen minutes past i've
Marshal Henry Schad Of thu city court
walked into the station with a state
warrant Tor Mckee, sworn 20 by rhe
Frisco railroad company in which Mckee
was charged with the theft of four cad