Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1907-01-12
DID " ABASH
TRIKE HIM?
UNCONSCIOUS FORM OF J. e. KIM.
FOUND THIS MORNING
UNDER TREsTLE
DISCOVERED SENSELEsS
NEAR THE PEST HOUSE
Is Taken to ottumwa HospitaI-Makes
No Response to Repeated Efforts to
Arouse Him-Physician Fears Con.
cussion Of the Brain.

From Fridays Daily.
Bloody, bruised and half frozen, the
unconscious form of J. E. Kimble, re-
siding at 206 North Clarence street,
was found at 1880 o'clock this morn
ing, lying huddled on the ground i'm
mediately below the west side of the
Wabash College street bridge, opposite
the pest house on the south side of
the river
He was first discovered by Lee How
ard, 2121a North Davis street, while on
the way to work Howard claims that
when he aroused the man and ques-
toned him the only answer he could
get was, II amt done nothing yet"
"Kimble repeated these words several
times, and Howard, deciding that the
man was out of his head, telephoned
for the ambulance from nearby
house.
Taken to Hospital.
Kimble was removed to the Ottum-
wa hospital, where Dr. A. o. Williams
attended to his injuries. His head and
face we're covered with frozen blood,
which when removed disclosed a deep
cash on the left side of the face, and
a badly torn ear. 1t was found neces-
|sary to take stitches in these three
places. During the entire time the pa
tent was being treated. he made no in
telligible response to inquiries made
to him Further efforts to arouse him
met with no response, and 1T is feared
by the attending physician that con-
cussion Of the brain has set in.
1t is definitely known that Kimble
was the victim of occasional attacks Of
heart trouble, although the physician
claims that nothing of the kind had
occurred in this case. It is possible
that the man was temporarily de-
ranged at the time, as no reason for
his presence In that portion Of the
city at that hour can be learned.
DR.. Williams stated that from the
nature of the injuries and the mans
condition when found, the accident
must bave happened an hour or more
before he was found. Kimble had un-
doubtsdly fallen from the bridge or
had been knocked off by the outgoing
Wabash freight train, but those who
saw the man, rather disbelieve
the latter theory, as there are no
marks upon the body other than those
which it Is thought are the results of
landing on the frozen ground.
Wife Is interviewed.
When interviewed in regard to the
matter, his wife stated that the last
she had heard of Mr.. kimble was at
1880 o'clock last evening, when he call,
ed her up from some place in the city
and told her that he would be right
home She says that so far as she
knew he had no business on that side
of the river to attend to and cannot
advance any theory as to why the man
should be crossing the bridge at that
time in the morning.
The sum of $2.40 was found on his
person this morning, and as that is the
sum that Mrs. Kimble says he had at
the time he left home, it is not prob
able that there is any foul play mixed
up In the affair.
Railroad employees who were at work
in the vicinity Of the accident early
this morning state that they know
nothing whatever about the affair, and
the first they knew of the matter was
Mr.. Towards report, after finding the
man. Late this afternoon Mr.. Kimble
is still unconscious and no definite
facts in regard to the accident can be
learned until the injured man is in
condition to talk.