The Paducah sun. [volume] (Paducah, Ky.) 1898-1906, 1905-11-18
Malcomb Greenlea Has His Right
Leg Crushed.
Was Changing the Trolley When n
Car Bumped Another One
Against Him.
GRAPHITE FOUND ON TRACK.

Ma COMB II. Greenlea. aged 20, q
conductor in the employee of the Pa
ducah Traction Co., was badly injur-
ed this morning shortly before ten
O'Clock at First and Broadway. He
was caught between two cars as a
third car bumped into them and his
right ,eg above the knee was caught
and a compound fracture sustained.
Ths injury Is serious but the physic-
ians do not think he will lose the leg.
G.eenlea was conductor on car No.
80 with Motorman J. s. Bagsby, and
had run down to the river following
the Broadway car. Greenlea was
changing his trolley and as he stood
bstween the Broadway car and his
own. placing the trolley on the wire,
car No. so, the Trimble street car
and last to come down, struck No
SO too violently. The bumpers Of the
two cars caught Gresnlea's leg and
badly crushed the bone. His cries
for hep were heard and in few mo-
ments he had been removed to the
Julian Grear machine shop, and
physic ans were Summoned.
Drs. r. +. Hearne and ]. ID. Rob
ertson placed a temporary dressing
on the leg and the young man was
conveyed to Riverside hospital III al
ambulance. At the hospital the
physicians dressed the leg and say
that they do not believe 1t will have
20 be amputated.
Greenlea suffered great leal, but
told all he knew about the accident
while the physicians were dressing
the limb. He stated that he had
gone between the cars to place his
tro,l-y on. the wire when without
any warning. he heard a crash and
telt his leg caught. The cars usually
come within a few feet OF each other
and sometimes touch, but nsyer very
hard unless something becomes de-
feef.ye in the gearing, or the car gets
away from tbs motorman.
Car No. so was m charge of Nor
tormsn II. B. Rule and Conductor e.
c. Mstlock
Manager Blocker. of the Paducah
City railway, and President Joseph
Friedman gave out the startling in
formation this afternoon that the ac-
cldent was evidently caused by plac-
ing cocoanut and graphite on the
track. They claim that this combina-
ton is worse than oil and caused the
car to slide after the current had
been shut on and the brake applied.
MY attention was called to the
fact" said Manager Blocker, land
made an examination, finding the CO.
coanut and graphite" Here he ex-
hibted three envelopes containing
the stuff, which he stated he picked
up beside the track where the acct
dent happened near First and Broad
way. 1T was put there by some mali
cious person, and II knew him | do
not know what | would do with him
It might have resulted in the serious
injury of some innocent woman or
child"
President Friedman said that Mr.
Greenlea was an innocent party and
had been made to suffer by the das-
tardly deed.
ALI morning Manager Blocker
said the street cars had been having
trouble at this spot and the cause
was not known until he made an in
vestigation. He stated that he exam
iscd the car and found II in perfect
condition. There was not a defect
anywhere, either in the car or track.
He also interrogated the motorman
and looked into the case, stating that
he was satisfied that the car would
have stopped had not the greasy
stuff been on the track.
Both the president and manager
deplore the accident and everything
will be done to run down the guilty
party.