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ryR.:-dsytroa-L6Cowardly and Inhuman Attempt Made. Upon the Life of Have Hayes.Pushed Under the Cars.Saves Hia L5fe at the Expense of Hls Left Hand.L9A dastardly st.d cowardly attemptwas xasde upcn the life of Dive H*yee, an old Io* Central conductor, last. tJght and it came near being jnceesa-f ui, Hayes was goiag home abont half j pafit ten o'clock and stopped at the triBficg- cf the Centra! yards end 3rd avenue by the pasekg of the switch engine and a string of cars He was standing quite near the moving carslm patiently awaiting the paaeing of the train. Suddenly as the opening between the eara was opposite him• HE VTA3 PUSHED, violently forward by an onknown baud, Ab he went down between the cera a fiendish voice exultlngly shouted, now,you damned--FJl be even withyou. Hayes fell forward bitween the moving oars but had rare pteeeuce of mind, A horrible death was bat an Instant removed. As he fell he extended his Ief tarm and as It touched tbeground he succeeded In breaking the force of the fatl and In throwing hls body oat again? butthe wheel caught the arm and cut off the hand about mid way between the wrist and the elbow. Hayes’ cry f or belp soon brought assistance and be was carried into the Black residence where surgical attention vas given..Hayes says he could not Bee bis assail-ant and the only thing he saw was a whltehat. He did uol imow wbeie the murderer went nor where he came from There 1bCON’SIDERASLE MYSTEBVconnected with the affair. Hayes bo faT as he knows was wlthontan enemy and can think of no person who woafd wish to be even with him for any supposed injury. . .The police have a theory that the would-be murderer mistook Hayes for Eight-watch man John Teten. Teteo has had numerous rows with a gang of tramps and toughs In the Central yards near where the attack on Hayes was made, and he has been making ecmeid-erab’e unpleasantness for the fellow?. Thinking to square accountswith Teten and believing Mm tc bs the man standing near the cars the murderer pu-hed him to almost ceit*in and horrlb'e death. The police bva m clew whatever to the perpetrator of the Infcamsii deed.Hayes ls/f comf jrtableas can be expected under the elrcumefcr' •: 0. The shock of the accident was pevero end everything was a black to tbe It jured man. He had lately te?n given a new-run from thlB city to Keithsburg, He is a member of the Brotherhood of Ballway Trainmen and will receive some insurance for the Injury,BUtvGOthlt;fingcjTlt;J1V*Jrvc2 /apttutapt•hewh83 I ard ; MU AiepjallTbiandthetoeere* J 1b t mat Thf andsou* nnAn PwirTTrP.nai: of 1 T rigi but N« for is h wai anyHDenwhotry—CDorhaom TV llahi all :presT!Epeeold l exerfidliihuetheiiTtwayingpatrof tt
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Oskaloosa Herald
Oskaloosa, Iowa, US
Thu, Oct 08, 1896
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