The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1902-01-17
TRAIN RUNS
OVER BOY
Lester Lee Attempted to Board
a Frisco Train.
WAS THROWN TO GROUND
Wheels Crush His Leg to a
Pulp.
NEARLY RLED TO DEATH
Injured boy Taken to ST. Fran
Cts Hospital.
NEARLY RLED TO DEATH

Lester, the 12-ysar-old son of Rev. Jason
Lee. 1910 East Central avenue. in attempt
ing to board a rowing Frisco freight train
yesterday after noon. was thrown to the
ground and the wheels passed over his
left leg, crushing the foot and the leg
TO q pulp, and 9o4ssitating the amputa-
1ion of the memb sr above the knee.
The accident occurred about 3:45 yes
terday afternoon AGAR the intersection of
the Frisco railroad and Cleveland avenue
while the boy was going home from the
ingalls, school. Ee had crossed the rail
road track, when he saw freight train
approaching from the east and decided to
ride on It. He ran west along the rail-
road track to a point where he thought
the train would be going slow as the
track intersects with the Rock Island
line near that point. and when the train
had about half passed him he seized the
step of a freight car.
Just rs he seized the iron step he
stumbled and before he could get onto the
step, the car behind struck him. throw
ing him beneath the wheels. He was drag
ed by the train about t-lirty feet, before
he was able TO liberate himself. The train
crew did not know anything about the
accident until the train reached the sta
ton.
Laurence Cummings. asged Z, and Hup
Rankin. aged 3, were with Lester Lee
Just before the accident.
When Laurence Cummings heard him
scream he ran 10 the home OF Mrs Lee
end told her little girl, Tressy, who was in
the yard that her brother was hurt She
told her mother, who fastened to the
scene of the accident. Neigbbors tele-
phoned TO the police and the ambulance
was dispatched TO the spot where the in
Jured boy lay.
When l reached my boy" said Mrs.
Lee. to an Eagle reporter T found him
SAYING his prayers and asking the Lord
10 forgive him for all that he had done
that was wrong. \ woman whom I do
not know was holding his head in her
arms. The boy thought he was going TO
die and told me so. lie told me that he
stumbled and while trying TO catch hold
of the train the CIR hit him. throwing
him under the wheels. About ten min
utos after arrived, the ambulance came
and took Lester 10 the hospital. He bled
profusely."
Laurence Cummings in telling of the
accident. said:
we had crossed the railroad track, and
Lester ran along the track TO be where
tho train would slow up. I heard him
scream. and then ran and told his sister
that Lester was hurt without waiting to
see him"
Mrs. Obeda Nicely. tcolored) was one Of
the first adults to reach the side Of the
boy
Il was in my house" she said, when
heard some on scream. looked out Of
the window and saw boys head. I
thought il was my boy who was hurt and
ran to the railroad as quickly as I could.
When ] reached there ] say that it was
not my boy
As soon as the ambulance arrived the
injured child was taken TO the St Fran
els hospital and the leg smputated by DIT.
Purdue
The chief danger was that the boy
would bleed TO death as he had lost a
great deal of blood before he was taken
to the hospital He stood the operation
wei. however. and DR.. George Clark the
house physician of the hospital, stated last
night that tho chances are that the boy
viii live.
Roy. Jason Ice. the father or the injur-
ed boy. is a Free Methodist evangelist and
is conducting q revival meeting in Eure-
k. Kansas. A telegram was sent TO
him of the accident, and he is expected
home this morning. He has six chill
dren. The family is in poor circum-
stances.