Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1905-11-24
POLICE SURGEONS KEPT BUSY
Unusual Number of Accidents for One
Evening, One of Them
Serious.

The woes of the inebriates were more in
evidence last night than for some time
Among about twenty cases OF arrest for
drunkenness nearly half had the mark OF
recent misfortune stamped on their woe
full countenances Blood flowed freely in
every quarter Of the city Jail. One man
had fallen into an elevator shaft and
bruised himself and turned his ankle. An
other had his face peeled in every direction.
with his hattened nose for a center One
who bore the pious-sounding name of John
Wesley, from Eagle. Neb. was thrown out
OF saloon at Ninth and Douglas streets,
where he managed to sit down on the curb
stone with such precsions as to nearly un-
couple his dorsal vertebrate. AS it was he
said his back was about three inches too
short lie was carried to his-cell. He said
they had dopen MIN down the line and
had taken $50 OF his money. Never mind"
he said; I'm soon get It back. I'm going
to get 81 500 out of this town for hurting
my back"
Eugene Pickard OF Alliance, In his wan
derings wallowed into the mud on the
brink OF the Brandels excavation between
Sixteenth and Seventeenth on Douglas.
There he got stuck like venturesome fly
in plate of molasses and could not extrl-
cate himself. When he was found by the
officers he was half buried within foot
OF the brink. with a fall OF twenty to
thirty feet imminent.
John Baker ran amuck In the Stars and
Stripes saloon. 1902 Douglas. II appears
that he had been asleep and was taken
with a frenzy OF anger when he was reused
up. He sliced a chair and literally cleaned
out the place He broke four chairs in
succession trying to knock the bartender
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to fly for his life, and saved it, in all prob
ability, by diving out through the glass of
the back door. Baker then is said to have
paraded the street with a chair leg in each
hand until the police patrol became too
many for him. He was charged with being
drunk and dsorderly.
! The most serious of all was the injuries
| that Tom Baty received at Sixteenth and
| Davenport This occurred at 6:B D. M.
| When he reached the curb at Sixteenth he
| fell over backwards, striking with great
| force on the back of his head. Blood flowed
| in streams from his nose mouth and ears.
! There was a dent in the back of his head
| and later II appeared likely there was a
| fracture OF the skull. Police Surgeon Lang
| don attended him at the city Jail, where 1t
| took the combined efforts OF the doctor and
| two officers at times to control the mans
4 alniesS struggles he was parity conscious
| for a few moments at time and then he
aimed vicious blows at the attendants. DR..
| Arnold came to help on the case and Baty
was ordered to the Clarkson at 7:4O. 1t
was the opinion that the man was In a
very serious condition. The hospital ply
sican said there was no fracture. but that
the man was seriously injured.
| Another accident was the injuries re-
ceived by r. W. Tygh 1916 Walnut street.
AS he was driving home at $50 o'clock
last night, going west on the north side of
Leavenworth. at the junction of Georgia
avenue he suddenly pulled over to the south
side Of the street, or attempted to do so.
when,he was struck by westbound Hans
com park car. His buggy was demolished
and he was thrown to the pavement and
bruised and scratched about the face. The
horse ran away and was later caught and
taken to A. stubens livery barn. The po-
lice patrol and surgeons took the injured
man to his home In Shelley, where ne was
left in the care OF the family physician
DR.. Clark. II Is not believed his injuries
are any more than superficial