The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1911-10-19
HOW ACCIDENT HAPPENED
Edwin Redkey Tells Different
Story From One Published
in the Papers.

Edwin Redkey, Of Sugartree Ridge
who was injured in an accident which
occurred in the Government Building,
Oct. 9, 1911, gives a much different
account of it than that given by the
Cincinnati papers. He says the news
paper reporters all hurried to give an
account of the accident, and no tive
had 1t the same, and none correct.
The NEws-HERALD C pied from the
Cincinnati Enquirer and he says 1t
was very different from the actual
circumstances. His description of the
accident is as follows:
about o'clock the jury was dis
missed, after trying case and |, with
a number Of other jurors, went to the
hall for nv hat and grip. On return
ing to the elevator | thought the cage
full and decided to await its return.
At that moment the men in the cage
moved about making room for at least
three or four more and the elevator
operator said, come in you are going
down. | made the effort to step into
the cage, which required but ne step.
AS my right foot entered the cage the
elevator started down which over
balanced me. At the time the opera
tor started the elevator down he
slammed the gate; 1t truck my suit
case and saw the danger and dropped
the suit case to save myself but the
gate caught my left foot above the
ankle.
'The jurors, who were in the eleva-
tor, also saw my danger and lifting
me, supported me, while others pull
ing on my foot caused the gate to give
as it could not lock and my foot came
loose from the gate but dropped be.
tween the elevator and wall, o ace
of about inches My foot was crushed
in the descent, and but for my shoe
my foot would have been torn of.
Had the elevator operator stopped
his cage and reversed it as was stated
in last weeks issue l would have been
but slightly injured, but on down went
the elevator. The jurors, who we're
in the elevator cage with me, had
great presence Of mind and knew that
when the cage reached the second
landing there would be no wall there
and chance TO loosen my foot. When
they reached it, by great effort, my
foot was extricated, but still the
operator did not stop until he reached
the first floor.
81 have not been able to interview
Martin Komer, the operator, as to why
he did not stop the machine and re-
verse 1t. He has not been on duty
since the accident, but / am OF the
opinion that he lost control Of him
self. He sat about three feet from
me and saw it all. | could not
possibly, under the circumstances,
have fallen down the shaft as was
stated. was inside the elevator ex-
cept my foot which was caught.
II was assisted to my room in the
home of my uncle, S. E. Redkey, where
a physician from Chrlst's Hospital was
and dressed the bruized
and lacerated foot. Luckily no bones
we're broken and am thankful indeed
hat 1t was no worse. Among the
number who greatly assisted me was
Dwight Dick, Of Marshall, who is also
serving as U. S. Juror. Had the
operator closed the gate before start
ng downward, as is the rule, the
could not have occurred"
BY the aid of pair Of crutches, Mr.. |
Redkey was able to go to court again
after being dismissed for
several days.