The Twin City star. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1910-19??, 1914-06-19
RESCUERS OF =. !.
HUMAN LIFE
What C0Iored Men Have Done
Along This Line
FEARLESS IN THEIR EFFORTS


Which True Manhood Asserted itself
Without Regard to PERSONAL Danger
at the Psychological Momsnt-Lib.
sraI Rewards Ia Money. and Medals.
Among the colored persons who have
received prizes from the Andrew Car.
negiey hero fund for acts of bravery In
preventing death or serious injury to 4
individuals are the following named
men. The character Of the service per-
formed is also given:
John q. Walker. aged twenty.nine.
drayman. rescued William G.. Obear 4
forty-four. quartermaster general, state
militia of Georgia; Legarea H Obear.
aged thirty four and Julia H.. Obear,
aged four months; e. w. Butler, aged
fifty-dve, mayor and lawyer, and Green
Thomas. aged fifty-six, laborer. from a
runaway at Madison, Ga. Walker tried
to grab the rein Of one Of q team Of
spirited horses drawing a surrey con-
taining Butler, Thomas and the Obears.
but. failing. he ran alongside the horses
a few steps and then grabbed the rein.
1t slipped through his hands to the loop
and at that moment Walker was struck
by q wheel and knocked to the ground.
The wheel passed over his legs below
the knees and. still clinging to the rein
he was dragged along the street for
about fifteen feet, when, as q result OF
his pulling back. the horses ran into an
embankment and came to a stop.
Walker was disabled nine days by his
injuries. None of the occupants of the
surrey was hurt. Award, bronze medal
and $500 toward purchase Of home.
Charles A. Smith, aged thirty-one. at
tempted to save Theodore Dilhof, aged
forty-three, labOrer. from suffocat1on,
J Cincinnati, o. Disregarding warnings
to take precautions for his own safety,
| Smith descended a ladder In twelve
| foot manhole Of sewer where Dihof
| lay unconscious from carbonic acid gas
and methane. When about two feet
above Dilhof and as he was reaching
toward him. Smith fell unconscious
, across DilhOf's body. He was rescued
about Eve minutes later and resusci-
tated. Dilhof was dead when taken
out. Award, bronze medal and $l.OOO
toward purchase Of a home.
Gilbert Gray. aged sixteen, schoolboy,
saved A. Calvin Stepp. aged two. from
drowning, Canton, Tex. Feb. 8, 1912.
Calvin fell feet first into well thir-
teen inches In diameter and sixty feet
deep. which contained eighteen inches
| of water. and unsuccessful efforts were
made to rescue him with hook. An
uncle of the child went to town three
miles distant and there met Gray. to
whom he told the circumstances. Max
ing no mention of, q reward. he asked
Gray If he would enter the well, and
Gray said he would. When Gray
reached the well rope was tied under
his arms, and he was lowered into
It. He put his shoulders forward in
order to make his body smaller and
held his hands down in front of him.
He grasped Calvin and was hoisted
to q point near the surface when Cal
WINS clothes gave way. and he again
dropped to the bottom. Gray was
hoisted to the surface. He was crying,
being somewhat frightened. The skin
had been rubbed of his arms In sew
! eral places, and his face was scratched
and bleeding. When asked he agreed
to descend head first with rope
! around his ankles. although he heard a
man say that he Gray would be dead
before he reached the bottom. Gray
was. lowered, into the well head first,
carrying a rope. and when he reached
Calvin he tied the rope around him,
! and both were hoisted. Neither suf-
fered any Ill effects from the expert
ence. Awarded medal and $4,000 for
educational purposes as needed.
Noldon Townsell. aged sixteen. por-
ter, saved Emma e. Scale, aged four.
from being run over by an auto truck,
Waco. Tex, Feb. 1. 1912. As Townsell
and Emma were crossing street the
child darted ahead Of Townsell In front
of an auto truck which was approach
ing at a speed of twelve miles an hour.
Townsell sprang forward and landed
between the child and the auto truck.
He grasped Emma's shoulders and
pushed her out Of the path of the ma
chine Just as it struck him. He was
knocked to the pavement, and one
wheel ran over his leg. Emma was
not injured. but Townsell suffered a
broken rib and was otherwise injured.
being disabled two months. Awarded
bronze medal and 81. 900 for educational
purposes as needed.
Nathan Record, aged thirty -one,
, farmer, helped q man named Law to
rave Luther F.. Anna and Nettie L.
McClanahan and Doris A.. Stafford
from drowning. Letot. Tex, May "a.
1908 Record accompanied Law to
the rescue, and when swept away
from the others. although slightly in
jured. succeeded in swimming to q
tree. in which he remained until taken
of In boat In the morning. Award.
bronze medal and $1,000 toward pur.
chase Of farm.
Arthur Lockett, aged thirty-three
fireman. saved Claude Fl. Potter, aged
three. from being run over by train,
jefferson. Ga, May o. 1912. Locket1
was in the cab of locomotive run
ming twenty-five miles an hour. and
his attention was attracted by Q
] scream from the engineer. He saw