Los Angeles herald., 1907-08-06
= JUMP FROM
CAR; I DEAD
WOMAN, CRAZED, THINKS SIS
TGR'S BODY LIVING
WALK FROM STEP OF RAGING
TROLLEY
Mrs. A. L. Furgason of Redlands
Hurled to Death at Long Beach.
Miss Il. Shrake's Condi-
tion Serious

From the platform of a suburban car
speeding at twenty miles an hour Mrs
A. L. Furgacon last night stepped to her
death at Long Beach, and her sister, Miss
Henrietta Shrake, followed her, sustain
ing injuries that render her condition
critical. The dead woman was the wife
of prominent Shriner and Scottish Rite
Mason of Redlands. Miss Shrake was on
a visit from Indianapolis.
Distraught and half crazed by her
hurts the injured woman demanded that
she be taken to the side of her sister
She did not realize that she was dead.
Standing by the side of the body on a
slab at the morgue she entreated the
doctor to revive the dead woman.
BothSwere strangers at the ocean city,
having arrived Friday. Yesterday after
noon they came to Los Angeles. On the
return they wished to alight at Fourth
street.
The cars of the Pacific Electric line do
not stop between Second and Sixth streets
in the suburban city AS they neared
Second the conductor called the name of
the next stopping place. Thinking they
had reached their destination the women,
who were standing on the rear platform,
walked Off
Thrown Thirty Feet
forward as from a catapult. Mrs. Furga-
son was hurled thirty feet, striking a
post at the side of the street. AS, flying
through the air, she realized her fatal
mistake, she uttered a piercing scream.
A second later the cry of her sister was
heard.
The bodies of the women were found
lying within few feet of one another at
American avenue, disheveed and covered
ha6 w lpd
far from the place where they were
thrown by the racing car.
An ambulance was Summoned but be-
fore it reached the Long Beach hospital
Mrs. Furgason was dead.
Miss Shrake was hurried to the Wilson
house at 315 Ocean avenue, where the
party had been stopping. DIR. j. M. Hol-
den, who attended her, found that she
was suffering from hysteria, concussion
of the brain, possible fracture of the
skull and innumerable cuts and bruises.
There was little semblance of sanity in
the injured woman's conduct. Calling in
sistently for her sister, she refused to
be queted with assurances of her safety.
Take me to hern' was her appeal. So
unshakab BILE was her determination to see
Mrs. Furgason that, in fear that she
would work harm upon herself more seri-
Gus than that which would follow the
shock of learning of the fatal ending
of the accident. the attendants told he1
that her sister had succumbed.
But Miss Shrake would not believe. She
appeared not" to understand. Again and
again she reiterated her demand, Take
me to her!"
Breaks from Physician
In the end she was granted her request
AS, under the care of the physician, she
left the hospital, she broke away and
with a cry of joy dashed ahead Sc
swiftly did she run, despite her injuries
that it was with difficulty that she was
overtaken.
When at Cleveland & Harris morgue
she stood beside her sister, she flung her
self upon the body, weeping and appeal
ing for word of recognition.
Turning to the doctors she called upon
them to revive Mrs. Furgason.
''Why don't you do something for her?'
she demanded "Why do you stand there
idle? Help her; bring her to!' Then she
turned again to the corpse with supplica-
tions.
Furgason and grandson of the dead
woman left for Catalina yesterday, in
tending not to return till this morning.
Last night they were notified of the af-
fair by wireless telegraph.
Mrs. Furgason was 50 years old. Her
sister is ~