The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1910-08-02
SAVED BY WOMAN
Umpire Flynn Tells Story of
Disgraceful Assault.
Unknown Lady Gave Exhibition
Of True HerOism.
HE is BADLY HURT.
Still Unable to Leave Room at
Hotel.
Says He Umpired as He Saw the
Plays.
HE is BADLY HURT.

John M Flynn, the Western league
umpire who was the victim of the dis
graceful mob attack Sunday afternoon,
is still at his hotel unable to move on
account of his injuries. Bodily injuries,
however. are the least of his sufferings
for the man is broken hearted. He
was almost on the brink of tears today
as he reviewed the unwarranted, out
rageous occurrence of Sunday-not that
he considers he was infallible in his
decisions but that such an incident
could take place in a civilized COM
munity.
But the bravest person I have ever
seen in my life was the little lady who,
when 1 ran into the street car and
dropped into a seat, threw her arm
back from her seat ahead, and placing
| it across the space, answered the yells
of the mob with, If there's any killing
| to be done you'll have to kill me first.
II never saw such bravery and nerve
| in the world said the injured UNI
pire. 'She was a slight little woman
and her husband who was with ner
seemed equally as brave. telling me 10
| have no fear, and that he would nave
| to kill niger"
| The identity of the brave little lazy
| Is not known She was hit with pop
bottle thrown at Flynn and slightly
hurt but stood her ground and with as
sistance from men in the rear or the
car saw the umpire safely to the city;
Street Car Conductor Hughes, VINO
also assisted in protecting Flynn with
lis punch for a weapon, has peen re-
| lieved by the car company ana Vlslteh
Flynn this morning, saying the COM
pany let him go for no other reason
than that he tried to protect the victim
of a mob.
| The most dangerous wound Flynn re-
/ ceived was the breaking of an CID rup-
| ture. Someone, he of course uoes not
| know who. kicked him in the groin as
/ he ran through the exit from tne s.al, ~.
"I wouldn't have that done Tor tne
world said the umpire. "Three years
90 Maid A specialist $3.50 to cure me
| end 1 thought he had erected per
| .nanent cure. 1t has not potnereo NE
in that time but now it Is broken again.
1 have wired for my old trusses- NJ
treatment will help me.
"You 1emen. Der that play when call
ed Schmidt out at third. The players
. accepted it as right but the hoooiui II
in the crowd wanted an excuse aItei
thew had almost forgotten the play anS
SO they stsrtcd. O'Toole was sent oul
| there to make no other play thah TN
ere ne did He is an old Boston amer
lean and was with St; Paui lo' .his h seT
, made on balk would have tied tn
, score and probably lost the game. "
! vo1, suppose a heady old player INK
: 0,Toole was going out there ana CIV
4
what he was doing, SO did CULLEN ant
. ToWne-and saw it done 1 know
J he did not balk.
.Eut TO come into a civilized com
f rr.urity and find mob LED by on
! hurly negro who had cut the trolie.
> rome from the street car Tor noose
' eppears to me to be an outrage:
..Why I would like to ask all Ialr
: minded persons, if Cooley or the tear
:. did not like my decisions olo tney t nJ
= nd Here. THIS lei
: low is incompetent. rake MN awe VIC,
= ard send us another!' Instead wa
+ left for an excited nor.
: Gould I, as an honest umpire
when I knew in my heart Schmldt wa
. ont call him safe? Honest people ca
I not evnect that of an umpire. tn
= visiting team must have protectlo
= az well as the home team. An UNI
d pire must be honest.
9 why, if we consider errors Wne
a PLAYER makes an error and lets l
two runs or three, the crowd forge'
= n in a minute, but let an umpire max
~ a mistake and see what happens.
mo. I don't know where L VIII
= from here I was to go to st. Josepf
?, O'Neil has wired me to stay here uni
- 1 could walk around. Wouldn nav
~ had this old wound broken lot any
i thing in the world
= Other injuries from which Flyn
II now suffers is a cash to the bone o
- his hip caused by a brick, a bump Q
w his head from a pop bottle and al
N other sore spot in the stomach Wnei
" a non bottle struck. Numerous bru1s'
- over his body tell of other missile
u which hit their mark, but they al
r not so serious.
* So far as known the police hay
- made no effort to arrest the leade.
in the affair They should be taugl
a lesson in the majesty of the law.
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