Mexico weekly ledger., 1911-05-11

most trusted engineers, was serious
| ly injured, Monday might, at Abba,
No. He was struck on the head by
a hanging refrigerator car door of a
passing train and is i'm a critical
lcondition.
il Hardisty, who was the engineer on
la West bound train between Slater
land Kansas City, had run his train
ON the side track at Abba to let
Isecond SS, east bound freight pass.
Whether the injured man was In the
cab Of his engine or was on the
lground when hit, was not learned.
Mr. Hardesty was with the switchin
crew here some time ago and will be
remembered by his many acquaintanc
es.
| He is married and has several
children.
The Ledger joins his many friends
,n regretting the accident and wish
ling him speedy recovery,
On his Goth birthday, w. s. Hag
gard Of this city received 161 picture
postal cards. It was the intention
Of some of his friends to have Mr.
Haggard get a card for every year
that he was old, which would have
been &c.
However, number Of his friends
decided to considerably swell that
number, and he consequently got ov
er twice 60.
It is said that something like 80
cards were delivered by the carrier
to him ON one trip and OF course the
carrier was also remembered that
day with much mail matter.
This day will remain long in the
memory of the recipient-and the
letter carrier too, handling $50 cards
in one day makes quite little pack
ages in itself,
A sumptous dinner was prepared
by his children. On that occasion
and all spent most enjoyable day.
Mr.. Haggard is one of Mexico's
energetic citizens and the Ledger
joins his friends in wishing him
many more birthdays.
A fire in the basement. of the
i
Grown Laundry at s o'clock Monday
might, damaged the interior of the
room probably 5000 The prompt ac
tion Of the fire department averted
what might have been more ser
ious catastrophe. The chemical ap
paratus was used to extinguish the
Flames. The floor and partition
| was burned considerable.
The fire was the result Of a bucket
of gasoline exploding w. A. Nc
Clure, the mechanic, was changing q
light globe that hung over the buck
ct Mcclure was wearing pair Of
gloves that We're very greasy, and
when he removed the globe 1t burn
ed his hand, causing him to dror
the globe. 1t fell IN the gasoline
igniting It. Then the bucket was
Kicked over into some water. which
caused the flames to spread Etiekily
however the Fire Department arriN
: ed in time to prevent a more serious
conflagration.
/ Sixty dollars from four merchants il
! the sum gotten by a man endors
ing forged checks as j, II. Johnson
R. C.Paul & Sons, Tom Cropper
Frank Weinand and VIM. Kempei
each cashed a check for SIS, The
! four checks had. E. A. Shannon!
name forged to them and it is sai(
by the authorities that the writing
was almost an exact reproduction o
Mr.. shannon's handwriting.
Johnson called at the named plat
es under the pretense of buyln,
something, In payment for the art
Gle purchased, he presented one o
the checks, receiving back the chang
At no place was the amount of hi
purchase q very large sum.
The forgery was not discovery III
: til Tuesday morning. The check
/. Icashed Saturday night were deposi
ed in the banks Monday and wer
cleared Tuesday morning. The di
covery was made when the respecti'
!, banks presented the checks at IN
Mexico Savings Bank Tuesday NOR
ing to be honored, this being tn
bank with which Mr.. Shannon doe
business.
No clue is had as to the identit
Of the would be forger.
Richard Phillips chief engineer Q
the Mexico. Santa Fe & Perry Ira
ton Co., has been chosen by th
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