The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1903-03-15
HU)RI
BY ST L CAR
The Sad Fate Last NIGH. Of
Little Ruby Kahrl Limb
Crushed of.

Unable, through a. congenital deafness,
to boar the noisy approach Of the vehl-
Gle. little Ruby Kahn. child OF [ nine
years, was caught on the tracks Of tho
Broad Street Inc last night with a yra "
Idly moving car within q few feet fof her:
TOO late she saw her danger and ma de
n final sex st-t3 Is les cape. hui in her fren-
TICS struggles she fell. and {. the wheels
passed over her. severing one leg and
otherwise managing her body. She.
later nt.the Virginia Hospital.
Sc. lIOWst81T FtAPPENED.
Tho distressing accident occurred carly
last evening, shortly fter . Q clock, and
wa the cause OF considerable excitement
In the East End & ~ n & 70
ri Little Ruby Is a daughter OF lIr. Jack
Kahn, who5.s connected with Armour and
Company, and who lives at No. 2225 North
Twentietna Street She Is not quite nine
years OF a sc, but is the Oldest child Of
deaf. and from this deafness has re-
suited an inability TO speak, though sho
is not naturally dumb. III spite of this
5afT,Iction, however, t5the little girl was
blight and energetic and much loved and
petted by those who knew her.
p Shortly after o'clock last night Mr.
Kahn had occasion to send his colored
fEcTpuUlS W d tOIuSSlSl lOT SOIIlc
medicine. i Els little daughter went
along, too. anxious perhaps to get a
walk In the fresh air. AS she had done
many times before, Ruby danced ON
ahead and had q good time all BY herself.
skipping about Last might she did the
same ss
COUi DN'T. HEAR IT.
The colored woman turned around
Twentieth Street into Broad. intending
to 80 around Twenty-frst 20 Church
Hill Avenue. Ruby ran ahead and darted
across the street about midway between
the square. Just as She did SO Car No. IA
OF the Broad and Twenty-ffth Street line,
OF the Traction Company passed across
tIwenty-tirst Street coming toward the
west Thearacket ! made as it moved
along withA gradually Increasing speed
down the street grade. could not be heard
By the deaf child. and all una wares she
Kept on her way. When but q few
feet interviewed between the two-the
girl and the car-the eye, OF the child
was attracted by tho glaro Of the head
light and she now say what fefore she
could not hear. n #
According, to the servant. who stood
there fimpotent, unable to. !, call out be-
cause the little girl could not hear her
II she did. Ruby at once turned around
and tried to get out Of her dangerous
position by. running ahead of the car
as 1t bore down on her. Butishe trippeds
and fell. or else was knocked down by
tho car. The wheels passed over her.
The right leg. was almost severed from
tho body at the hIp;Hand the other was,
also bruised and scratched,
A crowd quickly gathered, and for a
time thu car traffic was suspended, The
city ambulance was summoned but be-
fore 1T arrived the wounded body OF the
child was lifted up and borne tenderly
to the home. where II was delivered into
the caro- OF the grIef,strlcken parents,
Physicians were called In ut once.
Throughoutthe moments which followed
little Ruby, n still conscious. displayed N
most remarkable nerve and grit. She
was, n3faot. the ealmest Of those around
her. Only now and then did she utter a
moan at the pain she suffered. officer
Johnson OF the First District. whom, she
knew, was In the r1'm, She recognized
him and smi'ed. Wishing to divert her
mind, he opened his purse and gave her
dye-cent piece She smiled again TO
thank him.
After while the ambulance OF the
Virginia Hospital arrived and the little
sufferer was taken away borne upon .
stretcher through the motley, curious
crowd gathered in front or the mouse
VICTORIAN NOT TO BLAME.
f From what could be learned sof by't
ISLANDERS the accident resulted from no
6carelessness on the part OF the, m g,
man of the car, who was ME- ~ Glairi
ono Of tho best men In the service. .FEe
conductor was Mr.. Knight, he car
was moving on regula ton tlnle, eng had t
stopped a + the crossing as IS REQUIRED py!
tho rules OF the conlppany MI. ~ G,lalI
] says that the first he saw of the girl
\ was syher she was lying bel fore The car
4 4, M, M yua 4 to stop In time