Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-09-16

GOnn injuries were lIlBntIuI anu IL
Twas almost a certainty that he would
Idie. The right arm was crushed to Il
pulp at the elbow and the bone and
inesh were ground. together, making
| it necessary that the arm should be
tamputatelf ut once This was done and
| the arme was removed just below the
shoulder The left leg was also fright
ffrightfuIIy crushed at the knee and il
would also doubtless have been neees-
sary to an1putate it sooner or litter
The left arm, which was wrapped
around the axle of the car, was badly
bruised and the skin was ground off
the side of his neck and from one
shoulder, and his nose and the lower
part of his fnce were also badly
bruised and scratched.
kilograms were sent to his reIa-
tives and his brother, Alexander Conn,
accompanied by his mother, arrived
from Mt. Zion last night and were
with him from that time on till II
O'Clock when he died.
The body was later removed from
the hospital to Dawson's undertaking
establishment and prepared for burr
al.
Coroner Dawson held an inquest this
afternoon and the body will be taken
to Mt. Zion for interment
Ollie Conn was about 30 years old
and was one of the best known men in
the country. not only amcng ball play
|crs, but in other circles. He had
rplayed ball practically all his life, but
The had two other occupations at eth
.er of which he would work when not
playing ball He was telegraph
Operator and member of the Order
of Railway Conductors. and it was his
intention to go to Iowa in couple
of weeks to take position as opera
tor.
He was also a baker and an eXcep-
tiCnaIly good cook. He would have
taken charge of the Kitchen at Bry-
ans restaurant carnival week. He
had Travelled all over the country,
working in one capacity or another
and always seemed prosperous. He
dressed well and looked neat all the
time. He had few bad habits He
neTer drank to excess, did not chew
tobacco, and smoked but little. He
conducted himself like a gentleman.
and had Il host of friends.
He began playing baseball when n
boy and played with a number of
amateur teams, including Mt. Zion,
Kenney,. Macon, Clinton. and other
small towns. He was manager of the
Clinton team one season. He played
with Decatur and then with Spring
field in the old Central league, then
with Fonsy Connolly, went to Can
ada. Then he played with the London
and Guelph teams of the Canadian
league, and the next season played in
the Texas league.
Last year President Sexton was hav-
ing n hard time securing umpires for
the Three-Eye league and he made
Comm member of his staff of umpireS
as soon as the latter returned from
Texas. Conn served the remainder of
the season and made such a good re-
ord as an umpire that President Sex
ton engaged him for the season just
closed Conn during this season has
been the most popular umpire in the
league. There have been no protests
and no trouble in any game he has
umpired. He. was fair and the play
ers as well as he fans in every city in
tilC lVclS hC 1Alill my II u.
He leaves one child, living with its
grandparents at Fairbury.
It's somewhat strange that with so
many people on the street no one saw
Conn just at the time of the accident.
Frank j. Hodgins, who was one of the
first to run to the assistance of Conn
and helped remove him from under
the car saw him just moment be-
fore the accident. but had turned
around and did not see him fall. He
saw Conn motion the motorman to
stop, and saw him start for the car.
A moment later he heard the noise
made by the trailer as it left the track
and he ran out where it was and knew
someone was under the car. After
wards Mr.. Hodgins measured the dis
lance the trailer had run after leaving
the track. and found it to be just 16
yards.