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Show K DRAGGED UP BY V ELEVATOR AND DIES INSTANTLY B Suit Lake City Aug 9 Disobeying R rules of tlio count)'' hospital, Joseph R McKlroy. 49 years of age, stepped in- B to the cngo of tho mitomutlc e ovator Hj In fie basement of tho hospital 3hort- Hj ly befo o 0 oclock last nlKtit without H hn attendant. Ho had started tho do- H valor whoii. It Is thought, ho suffer- H ed mi epileptic fit falling, his arm H caught between tho floor of tho olo- H vator and tho shaft Ho was dragged H almost to tho third floor hoforo nt- H tcndimts lould stop tho elovator m Death whs ustantaucous B Together with other patients nt trio H hospital, McBuoy, who is c charity H IVitlent. went to tho dining room In H tho basement for supper nbout 5:30 H yes'crday nfteinoon. rinlshlng sup- H per, he n led b-lskly to tho cloator H nnd entered t nlono This fiction nt- H traded othtr patients but before ho H could ho stopped, ho started tho clov a- H tor. Ho felt forward and It is said H , uttorod a muffled cry when his arm H caught In tho shaft. Tho cage pro- H cceded up tho shaft. Horrified P- H tlents spread an alarm through tho H ( HBl t i Joseph Sabine, HUperintendent of H I tho county Infirmary rushed to the H elovator shaft, exerting every effort H to stop tho cage Slniiilinnooiulv H Samuel Crowther, Inflrmarv -nglnee H ami Mi's Mary llhtiscn, chief nurse M at tho hospital mado similar attempts H to stop tho elovator. It was stopped B y whon it proceeded within a few feet H of tho third floor The elovator was fl drawn down to tho second floor and H tlio mangled body of McKlroy was tnk- B en out of tho cago. fl Used Elevator Against Rules. B "Slnco wo opened tho now- hospital B thero has been a rulo prohibiting pa- fl tlents using tho elovator except in fl tho caso of cripples, and theso must H bo accompanied by nn attendant to opo-ato tho elevator, " said Dr. C. C. B Snyder, county physclan, last night. H McElroy, who has been at the ho B pltnl since Juno 27, when we took H him out of tho American house In H Commercial street, was familiar with H 5 theso rules P.itiuts of his chat act- ar am required to walk to the r eels H from tho basement dining loom and H they nro not permitted to rldo In the H elovator. Tho oxcrclso of wnlklng up- B Bta'rs proves bcnellclnl to them. In fl tnklng tho elovator, McRlroy 'lis B obeyed tho rulo B Di- Snvdc- feels certain that i.o !" ono rboo tried to Rtart tho elevator as the automatic doors were fojnd to bo In perfect order nfter McKlroy had been dislodged. Automatic ele valors h.no proton practical and tnU hhh j In other hospitals, according t Dr B Snydor. However, it Is said, entrat.o- H cs to tho elevator will bo cnrefrl.y ' guarded In tho future whllo pat'oa's BBfl ' tiro walking to and from their mnU flflfl Investigation Is Made flflfl J Dr. Snyder was homo when tlio B fatal accident took place. Informed HHH 1 by his chief nurse, ho rushed to the HHH hospital nnd accompanied by County HHH Commissioner A II. Crahbo ho made B nn Investigation Into tho death of HHH ' tho patient Immediately nfter the B "' Investigation, tho body was removed B i to tho muitunry of Undertaker S. 1). B Kvans, where It will bo prepared for flflflj burial. HHB Llttlo Is known concerning McUl- fl roy. Ho enmo to Salt Lake about the fl inlddlo of June, engaging rooms it flflfl tho Ameilcau house A confirmed flflflj epileptic ho became helpless Mid fl owncis of the American houso called flflflj W nttiiitlou of tho police and county fl authorities to his condition. Ho was flflflj ' removed to tho county hospital Juno H i 27. Ills condition Is said to havo bo- H eomo much Improved while nt the B count) hospital When McKro) H was first removed to the county ho B pith I ho told Dr. Snyder Ihnt m BV ' homo was In Iowa and that ho had B a brother In Denver. Ho said ho wof BBS ' In bad rcputo with relatives nul re I B fused to frnulsh tho uamo of ci'ner ' HBVk Mia brother In Denvci or his relattvc HHVB''' in |