The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1905-02-01
FRANK AN \ YOUNG HURT,
Seriously Injured in Denver
Runaway Accident.
UNCONSCIOUS SINCE SUNDAY
Bright Denison Boy Suffers concus-
sion of the Brain. Doctors Say He
Will Live. His Mother With Him.

+ j. Young, jr. was seriously In
jured in runaway accident at Denver
on Sunday. He now lies unconscious
at St Lukes hospital in that city. His
mother is with him and letter from
her this morning states that while he ls
still unconscious the doctors state that
this is not unusual in such accidents,
that there are no broken bones or con-
tusions and that on account OF his
splendid physical condition he will UNI
doubtedly survive the fearful accident.
The account of the accident is best
given in the Denver paper from which
we quote,
Frank Young of the real estate firm
of Griffith & Young, 312 Boston build
ing, was hurledsfrom his runabout at
II o'clock yesterday morning. at the
corner of Thirteenth and Grand ave-
nues, and sustained severe fracture
of the skull. Late last night he was
still unconscious and small hopes were
entertained for his recovery.
Mrs. Edith Samuelson. proprietress
of the Sylvania at 305 West Colfax ave-
nue., where Mr.. Young lived, and with
whom he was driving at the time. was
also thrown, but with the exception of
slight bruises and severe nervous shock
she was uninjured.
Mr.. Young was to have been married
to Miss Edith Delay of Onarca, III. in a
month. Immediately after the acct
dent kilograms were sent to Miss Delay
and to the parents OF Mr.. Young at
Denison, Ia, the family home. The
4 fiancee of the injured man ism speed
ing to his bedside as fast as steam can
carry her. She will arrive this after
noon.
Although he has been in Denver only
four months, Mr.. Young is we'll known.
he is member of the Denver Athletic
CLUB and an excellent athlete. He is
26 years old. He bought horse and
runabout last week and was exceeding
was about the third time he had driven
his horse. The couple had been gone
from the boarding house only few
minutes before the horse took fright.
Dashing down Grand avenue, the
frenzied animal swerved at Thirteenth
avenue. Young was violently hurled
to the ground. AS he fell he threw the
reins over the horses back. Mrs
Samuelsses~ :nas hels.leas IIlhaaazs,I af sdf
the high stone wall which surrounds
the old Tabor residence. This was
taken at bound. The buggy was
dashed to pieces, but Mrs. Samuelson's
coat caught, supposedly on the whip
socket. and she was dragged for fifty
feet.
!; The crazed horse, with remnants Of
the light runabout, tore through the
S trees and shrubs, across the big yard
: through heavy iron fence which
divides the old Tabor property and
that of Attorney A. z. Phelps. The
= animal was finally caught after it had
. demolished another heavy iron fence
between the Phelps residence and tina,
n of Charles Boettcher, 1901 Grant Ave
Picked up Unconscious, Mr.. Young ani
: Mrs. Samuelson were carried into the
home of Mrs. w. R. Armstrong, 1861
d Sherman avenue. the former Tabor
II residence. Mrs. Samuelson regainet
consciousness after q short time ane
d was removed to her home.
= The injured man was taken to s.
f Luke's hospital, where he still lie
under the almost constant care of Drs
IS Chas. Jaeger, Edmund Rogers ant
n Howell Perishing.
d News of.the accident was received
= here on Sunday evening and Mrs
4 Young left for Denver on the earlies
If possible train. His father is nearly dis
n tracted with grief and anxiety and hi
many friends here are anxil usly await
Z. ing the latest news from him.
" On Saturday last Frank wrote hi
n parents that he had just been examines
for life insurance and that tie physi
d clans mad pronounced MIN IN pertec
k health. His friends are therefore bank
> ing on his splendid physique to pull
=, him through.
n Frank Young is one of the most de
IS servedly popular young men Denisol
3 has ever produced. Some years ago h
e fell heir to large sum of none
n enough to have turned the heads o
most lads, but he remained the sam
ii quiet. gentlemanly fellow. He attende,
S the university at Evanston, I'll. an,
a there met the young lady who is to b
= his bride in June. Last November h
+, went to Denver and there entered int
d the real estate business with Fl. M
g Griffiths. He was highly successful
and babe fair to become as popula
5. as he was here AS we 90 to press w