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:TatESSEWARD YOUTH LOST ANARM AS RESULT OF EIGHTHarry Mardis, Accosted by Drunken Foreigners, Gets Into Serious Troubledid n Iter t opera1Thawhis and ;hisAMPUTATION AT JOHNSTOWNHarry Mardis, aged 2i years, was taken to the Memorial Hospital inJohnstown from Seward at 5 o’elobka . Sunday morning, and later under--* illmi-:or; and his on; i Irs.ofand3meand 3 be sathNe1HftrtrThawJeron for t ■by tl dence Thaw Whit., den « court not b ed innow Me OfThmen wife later roof ther - vital that the iGhadjble heir i at-asidishsveswent the amputation of his right arm at the shoulder joint.According to the story told by himself to the hospital, authorities, Mardis was returning home Saturdaynight. As be was passing along one of the streets of Seward a crowd of foreigners came oat from a house mon where a christening was being held.Mardis says he was accosted and an altercation followed, during wnieh one pett' of the party discharged the contents of a shotgun into his shoulder. Mar* Ne dis lost a great quantity of blood be- of hi f -re he arrived at the hospital. wornThe physicians found that the load Sprii of buckshot had eplin ered the should- Italb er blade and had tom through the shoulder socket, making amputation age: a necessity. mai1Mardis is in a very serious condition. Several of the Seward party at (5 have been placed under arrest. jicoturn i overPi
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Indiana County Gazette
Indiana, Pennsylvania, US
Wed, Nov 28, 1906
Page 9
Full Page
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