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Hog ter yI R. ctcdmsytntrun-.akeCowardly and Inhuman Attempt Made. Upon the Life of Iave Hayes.Pushed Under the Cars.Saves Hie L'fe at the Expense of Hia Left Hand.Pensfc,isr?willandlon-P.hatola,andbutlogCryeldit9St-XQ-taginRethBlillonodleeFarLOOn ber-Ieit-veDKrasr-agbe85iktoA dastardly st.d cowardly attempt wse made uptn the life of Dave H*yes, an old Io* Central conductor, lagfc tJght, and Itcsme near being jnceesa-f ul, Hsyes wae going home about half j pfit ten o'clock and was stopped at the triBricg cf the Centra! yards end 3rd avenue by the patelcg of the switch engine and a string of cars He wee standing quite near the moving cars !m patiently awaiting the paaelng of the train. Suddenly as the opening between the ears was opposite him• HE WAS PUSHED, violently forward by an unknown hand, Ab he went down between the cara a flendlflh voice exultlngly Bbouted, now,yon damned--I’Jl be even withyon. Hayes fell forward bitw^en the moving oars but had rare presence of mind, A horrib'e death was bat an Instant removed. As he fell he extended bis Ief tarm and as It tonched thegronnd he succeeded In breaking the force of the fall and la throwing hie body not again; hntthe wheel caught the arm and cut off the hand about mid way between the wrist and the elbow, Hayes’ cry for help soon brought assistance and be was carried into the Black residence where surgical attention ^as given..Hayes says he could hot Bee bis aBSBU-ant and the only thing he Baw was a whitehat. He did no: .rnow where the murderer went nor where be eame from There 1bCONSIDERABLE UIYSTEBVconnected with the affair. Hayes bo far as he knows was without an enemy and can think of no person who would wish to be even with him for any supposed Injury. . .The police have a theory that the would-be murderer mistook Hayes for K'lght'watcbmiis John Teten. Teten has had nnmeroue rows with a gang of trsmpe and toughs In the Central ysrdte near where the attack on Hayee wae made, and he haa been making eoneld-erab’e unpleasantness for the fellow?. Thinking to square accounts with Teten and believing Mm t-: bs the man standing near the ears the murderer pu-hed him to almost certain and horrib'e death. The police bva m clew whatever to ihe perpetrator of the iatamsii deed.Hayes ie /;* comf jrlableas can be expected under the clrcumefcr- •©? b . The shock of the accident was pevero end everything was a Wank to tfce It jnred man. He had lately te?n given a new rtm from thlB city to KeithsbuTg, He is a member of the Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen and will receive some insurance for the Injury.TbBune]tverj conn the o lt;t mi In lot gofd Thlt; Ms York Hf; Jgan.■ Mb; VermAdjPen oi CofMei Aaspecfc tumw apeclt •hafc who r 83 e?c aid, C R. Db Mlilei Aa 1 lege c:lege y all thfThe 1 and b] the guto the ered a JlBteru made Thfy 1 , and es sound nation of hob The right ibut 11New for Br. Is havi waverJ anythl He Democ ffhols try cu —coatf or his 1 some g We i llfihlng all Qf«tpreiatnThte epeeebi old flag exercis fid lot! thuelas their j: Thelt; way an {Dg It patriot of the 1
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Oskaloosa Herald
Oskaloosa, Iowa, US
Thu, Oct 08, 1896
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