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About Independence enterprise. (Independence, Polk County, Or.) 189?-190? | View Entire Issue (Dec. 25, 1902)
IN'llTI-N'lKN('Fi KNIT. KTU1S1., lNMUTKNOr.N't!', OUKiiQX FATAL ACCIDENT. Ilor.cl.ol Stiim. l Monmouth. Moots an I'nttnielv l-ixl- the time. AU at u.e . , shot upward and Li-' nm xvluU ,,,,,..!... u. .u ';; ; heard him exclaim. -OhV think i he tried to pet ot H(h-a.H.r(..p.1 t I ... I.id 1 i a,Vr the iuau ami " loom.and s caught between the FALLS DOWN AN ELEVATOR SHAFT. t ofthtf ,ur ami ti. .- a J tluo.vn into the Mudt I w.sso ; ox. -iUtUt tl.oii.no that In.uUPt: ! remember miylhinji. " 11 ,w I !,.o.flmck I- n.o Tl elevator j i,,otupUtl.Mo.lWr and settled ! t in tlwMf-'tV place ana . J" r ' 'out. 1 told the e.in-'ilast night ! jth.ah would lind ilu lov. r in lh. ,,Vty notch, wh.-roit was when , I the . levator Marled upward from j ! tin fourth." i i v-: .... It H Hamilton ami i 'several guests, were in the corridor , and heard the .lull num.'. - basement, i.ii 'in inn was in the .... 1 ! teWrani: As the result of having been t.... ,.i mi elevator shaft four stories, Herschel Stump died at six j teltr()0,v.d to mid the mj urea o'clock Friday morning at the Good j wjw rinov,a u, tiood Paiuari Samaritan Hospital. The accident I ho,pilal. Asides a broken happened at 9:30 Thursday even- a broken 10St) nlld a deep gash ing. v Coroner J. P. Finley J in the cl.in, internal injuria had vestigating. in order to determine b 6Uitailu.d. is necessary to noiu an m-j .hotel peopl? sy urn u ; . i i .i.i.i.o ..'...i-iiinr ih.r- ii, 1 .iin-bur nvpriillllievi I liv- v .v . ;tnmn went to work last Tues-! . ,,, a nf,wrni0 aml that it was from Montuouh. He;. , . Wit sit alxttit your Christmas Presents Coionei's !0 Urouuht Verdict of Accldoiit.nl Poath. The lHdv ot Herschel Stump, of Motitnouth. who was fatally in jured at the Imperial Hotel, Tort land, Thursday -venin;. lecemler IS, arrived at Independence Sun day morning and was buried in nfsernoor. The accident by which the vouur man Krt hit.lifj was a peculiarly distressing one. , . jk1 xw the following account of wllich ap-1 ginei,r Uichaid Ti t i basement, mul .ng .e ru.hed upstairs and reported he, !.. ... iw. f n..d J.J. Ttuiton IMP. if it quest. 3! OD 0 6D CD 61 61 61 ai 61 01 01 01 01 01 Wo htlw lit tH-k at tliis writing u ni.- litu .or you tu s.-lcct fmin, nni.tiiji "f Carving Sets, Kodaks, Razors, Hones, Strops, Pocket Knives, to to to to to to It. CutWv, Scissors ami Shears, Small Kill-. Hui.tin; Coats ati.l a lai--mu.it-or of artido wli'u-h will make useful presents. Call in ami examine the line. No troithle to show o,,,..!-. prazer & Rice, HARDWARE MERCHANTS. i (9 to to to to to diy, comin? from Monmou'h. Ue ; f(fCt condition, 'lhey tbn.k . , .,' t 11.,..; I , .-. I Ua. was l'.t years, out. . tjiat the boys were piayms a2ed 17 years, the regular night j careW They say the doors i I opening to me e.evaiu. ....v,-.. lavtor bov: was in charge of tm - ' i i vi'v o "V - . machine W hen the accident hap- , n avs that investiga-1 ,, 1 - . . . . . ! IIMVf - 1 r."ned. "It was about saw , he time wouM prove nai ; , playing or acuHUiiRj . 1 I.a no rii I . . a . f ,,hU tloof ' .... if he "when ine muein . ... . . i i. : ,l p-ned. "It was about, H" tion ttt the time wouhl Tr,,vu u"u ; that he was playing or acumuig, he, wnen me -r only the uoor on ." i with the wui-twy. no ' ,ih I took the bell boy up to the third j the acciaent happened and ( wm ,.chun,ming with the oth-j Jjjj floor with some ice water f"r ( tllH dr on the sixth llo,,r' wliere ! er. but said they never fooled i.i M 1 ! the elevator aa not running right ;j;DC?DDCiC& ti,. i.av was caremiiy t"""- ... i r j -y.- .M)V is in.' linn- "" guest. I waited until he returned j oU were 0jWll. He says J and we went to the tilth iloor! , ievator shot upward so fast j ',.Ac,i(.pnt called u who was changing his room from the fifth to the fourth floor. I do not know na.ne. He was a short thick n (lark. We went to the ; , . .,... the lever was in the fourth floor, where I let the man ( gtop.notchf but kupt settli.. so that nt. The. bell-boy was standing , . tcil it closely. He facing me, just to my right, ana ui ' . i .... r... I -" ... the (levator anoi u'".v. 1 "Accidental ueaui wn v. that he could not close the aoor on , ()f C0rmi,,r'8 jury empanel- -he fourth floor more than '1X ! p(1 t0 inquire iiUo tl.e circuiustancee inches. He says that after the ele- j HU rrouruliufe, the death of Herschel W vator was fixed yest.-r.lay ii jSlump o blame was attached t;X anv one, but the jurymen tjelieve.i -that the evidence of W. It. "avis, I tlio elevator ooy wnu i Ms jrtv.iiib J - tlv in lront ol the door. TV, man called back, asking where 41fi was. I stuck my head out anu h (,vpr in tll op-nolch. told him ust arountt ineiun.u. rpn,twi th fact that lever was in the top noicn ,. ----- said two months ago a man was in j nmclline whe U1(! accident oc- the elevator a hen it dropped irom (,urred wa(J not gtrimly trim ..... ti.irrl llnor to the basement j . ,n .i:.p,.t. cause n i.oint. The direct was hemorrhage. on one cause of death rhe lever was in the top no"-" j ' k Uttf I i 7 w - -.,1. MOTOR LINE TIME TABLE. INDEPENDENCE & MONMOUTH KAIIAVAY CO. Winter Suits and Overcoats Anything in the tailoring Cine Ma.lo to or.l.-r at rcasonahle rales. W. G. Sliarman, MERCHANT TAILOR, Bank Building, independence, Oregon. W w tf' F. 1 3 1 1 We want to call your attention to our watch stock. W have taken great pan., in selecting our stock and from the number we are selling I feel amplv repaid for our trouble. . Our conBfnt aim ,b to our customers a "first-class watch tor little money as possible. 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