The Colorado statesman., 1912-06-01

Bronze medal and $40 a month for
support of widow, during her life, or
until she remarries, with s. a month
the age of 16.
In three of the cases have quoted
1t appears that the heroic deed was
performed by Negroes in behalf of
Negroes. In every other instance
when colored man or woman risked
their lives 1t was in behalf Of some
member of the white race.
There are eleven instances recorded
In the Carnegie Book of Heroes in
which the hero was white, while the
person rescued or attempted to be res
cued, was colored. Following are the
accounts of these heroic acts as re-
corded in the report:
Lochlin NJ. Winn, aged 80, physi-
clan, saved William Miller, colored,
aged "a, laborer, William E. Houston.
aged 80, watchman, and James E
Smith, aged SO, cotton buyer, from
drowning, Clayton, Alabama. Febru-
ary 16, 1906, The three men were
thrown into a pond at night. three
hundred feet from the shore, by the
capsiZing of boat. One who tried to
swim to the shore was becoming be-
numbed by the cold, wheE Winn swan
out about sixty feet and helped him
to shore. This greatly fatigued Winn,
but he successfully swan the full
distance to the other two and helped
them to shore, although the second
had oil rhn, t1I
Silver Medal
Clifford v. Graves, aged 80. farmer,
saved Merritt L. Brown, colored, aged
AZ, farmer. from an enraged bull. Yer
sailles. Kentucky, March 7, 1907.
Graves attacked the animal with a
pocket knife. while it was butting and
trampling Brown to the ground. He
was himself knocked down and sus-
tanned a fractured rib, and bruises all
over the body, before the bull was
chased away by Graves dog.
Bronze Medal and s70O to be applied
to the liquidation of his debts.
Raymond A. May, aged 90, locomo-
tive fireman. saved James l.. Douglas,
colored. aged two, from being run
over by train, Pates, Ky. Septem-
ber s, 1908. While his train was run
ming thirty miles an hour, May no
ticed the child on the track. The
brakes having been applied, he went
from the cab to the pilot, where he
braced himself in a kneeling position
on the footrail, and reaching forward
with both hands, lifted the babe from
the ground and threw II to the side of
the track.
Bronze Medal.
James B. Goldman, aged 81. fore
man. saved Warren Finley, colored.
aged 80. laborer, from being run over
by a train. Waterloo, S. c., June 80,
1908. Becoming frightened at an ap-
preaching train, Finley jumped from a
hand car on which he was riding and
fell in front of it. He was held to
the ground by the hand car, and just
as Goldman released him, they were
struck by the engine. both being in
jured. Goldman sustained bruises on
the body and cut on the cheek.
Silver Medal and $1,000 toward the
purchase of farm.
Adolph Arnholdt. aged "a, weaver.
died attempting to save Earl Johnson,
colored, aged eight. from drowning.
Philadelphia. Pa, October 3, 1908.
Arnholdt swan fifty feet from the
bank in Schuylkill river to Johnson,
who had fallen into the water, and.
being grabbed around the neck by
the boy. was unable to free himself.
Both were drowned.
On the fiy-leaf of the commission re-
port, the Carnegie Book of Heroes.
the following statement of Mr.. Car
negie In regard to the purpose for
which the Hero Fund was established,
is quoted.
81 do not expect to stimulate or
create heroism by this fund knowing
well that heroic action Is impulsive,
but | do believe that If the hero Is
injured in his bold attempt to serve
or save his fellows, he and those de-
pendent upon him should not suffer
pecuniarily thereby"
Now the interesting thing about
this report is not so much the individ-
ual heroism is reveals, as what 1t
shows of good in the ordinary man of
both races. The majority of heroes
whose names are recorded in this
book are just the common men whom
we meet. working in the streets, on
ships, in mines; men who are doing
for us the hard, rough work of the
world. But deeds of heroism are not
confined to any class or to any race.
More than that, this report shows
that when the ordinary man or wom-
an meets and recognizes human need.
1t makes little difference in what form
or color that need presents itself
Sometimes. in discussing the rela-
tions, OF the races certain persons have
made the assertion that the thing
which made the problem peculiarly
difficult was that the races were di-
yided hy an Instructive distrlst and