East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1910-12-09
ATHENA HAS A
SERIOUS RUNAWAY
TWO GIRLS AND MAN
ARE THROWN FROM BUGGY
One Girl Rendered Unconscious and
Loses All Memory-PrOminent Cit
izen Critically IIl-Smooth Swim
dlcr Nearly Wins Large Sum.
Special Correspondence.)


Athena, Ore, Dec. S.-A runaway
that almost proved fatal, occurred
here last night. Leon Miller of this
city, with two young ladies, Miss Ger
trude Booher and Miss Zada Van
Wrinkle, was driving around over the
city, when one of the horses became
frightened and started to kicking.
The animal got one of its hind legs
over the tongue and this Of course
only caused more fright. Owing to
the fact that the buggy was small and
with so many in the rig Mr.. Miller
was unable to control the horses
They started out to run and were
kicking all of the time. The team
ran about two or three blocks when
Miss Booher and Mr.. Miller were
thrown out, leaving Miss Van Wrinkle
alone in the buggy. The frightened
animals ran over a sidewalk close to
| the Baptist church and the lone oc-
| cupant was hurled up into the air
| and thrown on the ground head first.
The horses ran only a few feet when
they struck telephone post and one
of the horses was thrown so hard it
was thouht il was killed.
Miss Van Wrinkle was knocked un-
conscious by the fall and several eye
| witnesses rushed to her aid. She was
taken into one of the homes nearby
and a physician was hurriedly sum-
moned. No bones were broken, how
ever, but the young lady seemed to
| have lost her memory entirely, al
though she was restored to conscious
ness. She was unable to understand
what had happened, and according to
last reports last night she was no bet
ter although several hours had pass
ed since the accident. Whether fright
has caused the young lady to lose
! her memory or whether it is due to
| some blow on the skull, the physician
had not been able to ascertain last
night. Miss Van Wrinkle is the daugn-
/ ter of I. r. Van Wrinkle, the photog-
rapher, of this place.
Prominent Citizen Ill.
J. F. Gross. who is a very promi-
nent citizens of this community has
been very i'll for the last few days
| with cancer of the stomach. Dr.
Suttner Of Walla Walla came over last
evening and performed an operation
on Mr.. Gross, and so far it has proved
successful. Owing to the fact that
Mr.. Gross heart is very weak he could
not take any ether and the operation
was performed by freezing the affect
ed parts as the operation proceeded
However, Mr.. Gross condition is very
critical and his son, Bennie Bross
who has been attending the state ag'
ricultural college, has been called
from his school to the bedside of his
father. Small hopes are held out fol
his recovery.
smooth Swindlcr Fooled
If a stranger that stepped off ot
the train here a day or two ago had
been allowed about fifteen minutes
more time, he would probably have
been able to defraud the expires.
company out of $1,000 1t appear,
that the stranger checked his griI
on which the valuation of $1,000 was
placed thereon, and when he arrived
here, instead of going to the agent
Mr.. Smith, he took the check off OF
his grip, tore it up, and started vi
town. While the CRATER was carry
ing on his little game, Mr.. Smith was
in the depot, and when he came out
he missed the satchel. Without de-
lay he started up the street to see II
he could find the offender, and over
took the man with the grip Mr.
| Smith made him give up the grip and
then brought up the man before JUS
tice Richards. 1t appears that the
intent of the man was to hide the
| grip and then sue the express COM
pany for the value of the grip. which
would amount to about $500. The
man was quite eloquent and was able
to plead his own case very well. Be
ing unable to find any charge against
the party, he was turned loose.
l. Banks on Sure Thing Now.
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