The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-08-02
FELL DOWN STAIRS,
FRACTURED SKULL
Charles A. Carman Fatally In
jured on Commercial Street
Wednesday Morning.
DIED AT HOSPITAL
THREE HOURS LATER
Dying Mans Removal to Hos
pital Delayed Because DR..
Beer Demanded Fee.

Charles A. Carman, familiarly known
as ''Wing,n died at the l.. d, s. hos
pital about clock yesterday morning
as a result of injuries received by fall.
ing down the stairs leading to the re-
sort at 62 Commercial street. Death
resulted from concussion of tho brain,
caused by a complete fracture Of the
skull, The body was taken to the un-
dertaking establishment Of Joseph Will
liam Taylor on West Temple street,
where it remains awaiting instructions
from Texas relatives, who ordered the
body to be embalmed.
The story told by those who wero
with the unfortunate man just before
he met with his fatal accident is to the
effect that he had been drinking heavily
during the day, and that about o clock
in the morning, in company with q
friend, he called at so Commercial
street, where he took several moro
drinks, Observing his intoxicated con-
dition, the proprietress persuaded Car
man to lie down on a lounge in room
at the top of the stairs, and, as he APP
parently went TO sleep, he was left
alone. and nothing further was thought
of him until the sound of his body was
heard humping down the stairs which
led to the street. His head struck
with great force against the corner Of
the cement sidewalk and he rolled over,
the blood gushing from his right ear.
Hack Driver Saw Accident.
Bert Bean, hack driver, who was
haps the only eyewitness Of the un-
fortunate affair, and states that he saw
Carman start down the stairs hatless,
attempt to turn around and then lose
his balance and pitch heavily down to
the pavement
Bystanders Immediately rushed TO his
assistance and he was carried still un-
conscious upstairs and placed on a bed,
surrounded by sympathi2ing friends.
Willing hands did everything possible
TO make the dying man comfortable
until the arrival Of medical assistance.
DR., Beer, at the bedside of the doomed
man. is said TO have remarked after
making a hurried examination: 'This
man hasn u got anything. | have got
to take him to the hospital. ] must
have $lS,H explaining his demand by
saying that SO must be paid the ambu-
lance, So taken out for his fee and $40
for the hospital.
In short time the inmates OF tho
place, whose hearts had been touched
by the scene, and who were indignant
at the attitude of the physician, raised
the amount demanded by DR.. Beer, and
the proprietress says she also handed
him $3.50 which she found in Carman's
pocket,
Carman was put into an ambulance
about three-quarters of an hour after
the accident occurred and taken to
the hospital, where, in spite of every
thing that could be done for him, he
became unconscious and passed away
The skull received a long fracture over
the right ear, and when an incision was
made in the scalp over the spot, Car
mans brains oozed out. There were
several minor wounds on the right side
and top of his head, caused by con-
tact with the stair steps.
Was University Graduate.
Carman, who had lost his right arm
and left eye through the accidental dis
charge of gun while out hunting, was
by profession an electrical engineer,
having worked several years for the
Salt Lake Electrical Supply company.
He was a graduate Of the University of
Alabama and for some time was con-
nected with the editorial staff OF the
Joplin (Mo.) Daily Globe. His last
known occupation was that Of time
keeper for the Columbus Consolidated
mine at Alta. He was about 80 years
of age, and is survived by number of
relatives in Gainesville, Tex, who are
prominent in railroad and business cir
cles. He had troops of friends In Salt
Lake and throughout the West who will
be shocked to learn of his sudden dcuth.
Carman's accident and death again
emphasizes the necessity of an emcr-
gency hospital in Salt Lake Aside
from the delay caused by DR.. Beer, if
the unfortunate man could have been
removed 10 a place and received prompt
attention, much Of his suffering would
have been alleviated