The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-12-07
Samples Of Real Derve
Cases in Which the Participants Did Not
Know Fear.

I Short Tails stamping ground Recog-
MIXING group Of their leaders on a
street corner, he walked up to them.
knocked down every one of them.
grabbed two OF the more notorious by
their coat collars and turning his back
on tne crowd. marched them toward the
station house.
On the way there another Short Tai
made disparaging remark about the
murdered policeman. Quick as a flash.
i'tte sheridan ordered his two prisoners
| 10 matt. Knocked the third Short Tail
ooWn' dragged him over to where the
other Two were meekly standing, stood
the thlrd prisoner in line and without
ton house.
Sheridan reached there Just as the
platoon was issuing forth. He quickly
handed his prisoners over to the door
man, Joined the platoon. and in the
general roundup that followed took a
Tails.
Fritz Werner was a German forester
one day stag gored him frightfulIy in
| the abdomen
AS the infuriated animal pulled out
ms antlers, backed away and prepared
Tor second charge, the injured man
propped himself on an elbow and fired
Just as the stag was closing in on him.
Inc animal fell dead and the man
/ tainted away
When he recovered consciousness he
| found that he could not attract atten-
ton by shouting. He realized that he
| was out OF the beaten paths and that
unIess he dragged himself to a fire.
quented place he would surely die. So
ne began dragging himself through the
forest IN the direction of his EMPLOYERS
mouse, three miles away.
He started On hfc io,srro,, 81 -. -.
8 O'Clock sthe next morning the occu-
/ pants or the house were aroused by the
explosion OF gun nearby InvesTigat-
ing they found the forester. in a dead
faint and nearly dead from loss of
blood. lying on the lawn. BY his side
was smoking gun,
! When the injured man got so that he
could speak and tell his story, his mas
ter asked him:
But why did you drag that heavy
| gun all the way?"
Il knew that I couldn't shout when
ald reach an inhabitable place" wis
the reply, so / brought it along TO
attract attention. 1 didn't think of il
until I had crawled for half mile.
then 1 crawled back and got it,
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Dr. T. H Bean of the United States
fish commission, while on board the
revenue cutter Baer, of Nnalaska. wit
messed remarkable case of nerve.
A whaler signaled the cutter for medi-
cal aid Dr. Bean was taken aboard.
he found that a Kanaka sailor had
mad foot smashed some weeks before
by hogshead of whale oil rolling on
it.
The injured member was in a terrible
state and the man was evidently suffer-
ing intensely, although he gave no osIt-
ward sign.
When the captain asked the doctor
what could be done, the latter started
TO tell him in confidence. At that the
! sailor spoke up:
Don't be afraid to tell me. doctor. -
ne said; Il can stand it all right
Wen, my man.. responded DR.. Bean
'amputation is the only thing that will
relieve you. but I have neither the nee
essary instruments nor anesthetics.''
The sailor smiled.
Don't mind about little things like
that" he said.
But began Dr. Bean.
The sailor smiled again.
oh, start in now" was all that he
said
DR.. Bean had with him a case of
pocket instruments for dissecting birds
| When he pulled this out the sailor seat
/ ed himself on a cask, unceremoniously
crossed his legs and held out the in
/ jured foot.
The doctor started to work. He first
removed the toes with the little bird
knife, which hacked more than it cut
| Then he found that up under the flesh
| the instep bone was affected for nearly
an inch. So he had to cut in and turn
back the flesh. Then with tweezers,
for he had no saw, he shipped off the
| diseased part of the bone little at a
| time.
That done he pulled the flesh down
and sewed UP the wound. After :sl
hours work he announced that the Job
was finished. And the sailors foot had
not quivered nor muscle in his face
moved in pain,
Snilingly the sailor uncroSsed his
legs, slid off the cask, reached for the
| doctors hand shook il heartily. roared
a grateful Il thank We. sir" and then
hobbled off toward the fo-csle, whis-
| ting a rollicking sailors Jig