Western Kansas world. [volume] (WaKeeney, Kan.) 1885-current, 1910-12-03

summon help, but while talking she
tainted She was taken to the hospital,
where she seemed in fair way to
recover, but had a relapse on January
4, and died on the night of January g..
Thought Only of the Children.
Before death Miss Brown stated that
she at all times realized her danger.
but when she called for the door to be
closed. leaving her with Mr.. Sterling,
she thought only of his little children
in the kitchen, and was satisfied that
in his delirium he intended to shoot
them down. She was ready to die,
she said, satisfied she had saved the
lives of the little ones. Sterling was
exonerated from all blame by the coro-
ner's jury.
Five nurses in responsible positions
in Washington gave it as their opinion
that Mary Brown, who had just been
graduated, had done only what was
in her line of duty, while one thought
she had exceeded her duty in Crap
ping with the mailman when she
could have escaped after being shot.
Washington physicians also thought
the deed of Miss Brown was one OF
great heroism. While the Carnegie
Hero commission shows no favoritism
it seems plain that it considers the
case of Mary Brown an exceptional
one,
Little Justin Mccarthy, a Washing
ton schoolboy, will have an education
on which the Carnegie Hero commits
sion will expend $4,000 or as much OF
| 1t as may be needed. Justin will also
have a bronze hero medal for saving
| Gladys M. Lowd, a schoolgirl of thir
teen, from drowning August 13, 1908.
Mccarthy had been enjoying him
self propelling the girl and two boys
about on a plank in a pool of watel
! Is feet deep, when the girl fell off
| Mccarthy was sd frightened that ht
dropped the pole which he might have
| extended to the drowning girl, and an
other boy who had a pole forgot tt
| extend it, while the third boy jumped
OFF the plank and swan ashore.
Set Out to Save Girl.
Justin, who was twelve years of ag,
and weighed IS pounds dived of tn
plank to the girls aid, coming up Il
front of her. She at once threw he
arms about him and they sank to
gether. Under the water Justin man
aged to break her. hold and they cam
70 the surface. The girl was able t
| grasp the plank on which one boy wa
We. perched in terror and boosted b.
Mccarthy from the water she mar
aged to scramble on and was poled t
shore. Mccarthy was too exhauste
to reach shore, and had to be assist
ed. The boy says he wants to be a.
architect and his parents have turne
sover to the hero commission the dc
tails of his education
Rare presence of mind was exel
cised by John H. Thompson, a raj
road fireman of Ashtabula, O., in re.
cuing from drowning his engfneel
n James Ray, who weighed go pound.
a Their train had gone into the Beave
81 river near Rock Point Pa, ON tn
q night of March I, 1910. Both enginee
and fireman managed to jump clea
of their engine as the wreck wen
down. but Thompson's left wrist wa
caught and SO badly hurt that b
could scarcely swim
He had almost reached the ban
when he heard call for help froI
Ray who was not a good swimme
and who was badly handicapped b
his weight in the swift nine-mile Gu
! rent Thompson turned back for hin
extending his injured left wrist, keel
! ing his good right hand to use 1
} case Ray should try clinch with hin