The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-01-03
SUFFERING MAN
BEGS TO Be shot
Cornelius Healey, Terribly
Bruised, Pleads With Res
euerS to End Misery.
FELL OVER AN OIL STOVE
CONDITION is SUCH THAT HE
MAY NOT RECOVER.

BY the overturning of an oil stove III
the office of the Continental Oil COM
pany at Second South and Depot avenue.
early yesterday morning, Cornelius Heal
ey, the night Waterman, was so terri
bly, burned that in his anguish he begged
those who accompanied him to the Lat
ter-day Saints hospital to shoot him to
end his torment.
The flaming oil stove also started a
blaze in the oil company's office, but the
fire was quickly extinguished by the fire
department
Healey is an old employe Of the oil
company and lives with his family at Isl
West Sixth South street He has the
reputation of being faithful and eff
cient man. About daylight yesterday
morning, after having been up all night
attending 10 his duties, he went into the
hallway of the building and sat beside
small oil stove Tired after his long
vigil he fell asleep and tumbled over on
the oil stove. It was overturned and the
Waterman was enveloped in flames. Ter
rified and suffering great pain, Healey
ran to one of the windows. calling for
help. Luckily a man was passing at the
time. This man dragged Healey from the
window and beat out the fire from his
garments. But before this work was done
the Waterman was so badly burned that
his recovery is doubtful.
At the hospital last night it was stated
that. while Healey was doing as we'll as
could be expected, the attending pnySi-
clans were not sanguine of saving his
life.
Pleads to Be Killed.
Healey was burned about the face and
body Much of the hair was singed from
his head. His left arm was burned TO
the shoulder and both of his hands were
raw, finger nails and pieces of flesh
dropping off the suffering man moved
his arms I'm supplcatiOn TO those about
him, begging that they do something to
end his torture or put him to death.
As the flaming oil from the overturned
stove had spread over the office, an
alarm of fire was turned in. The fire
department made a quick run and reach
ed the scene before the blaze had made
much Roadway. 1t was therefore an easy
matter to stamp out the fire before any
serious damage was done.
T. Harrick of 1888 East Second South
street. who rescued Healey from the Of
flee Of the oil company, said that his at
tention was first attracted by the cries
of the Waterman. Looking toward the
window of the office, he saw a man
standing there. with his arms Outstretch-
ed. and all of his clothing in a blaze Har-
rick tried to raise the window but could
not. Then seeing that the MAJ was suf-
fering intense torture, he smashed the
glass and dragged Healey out. Had Har-
is no doubt that the Waterman would
nave been burned 10 death.
Healey was treated at the emergency
hospital by Dr. David L. Mcdonald, who
relieved lie sufferings of the unfortunate
man and dressed hSs burns DR.. McDOn-
aid said that the skin from Healey's fin
gers came off like the fingers of a glove.
was attacked by a hemorrhage of the
stomach. due to the close relation of the
nerves of the surface with the nerves of
the gastrO-intestinal tract.