Salt Lake Herald | 1891-05-17 | Page 1 | Johnnie Methius' Leg

Johnnie Methius Leg Special to THE HERALD Examiner Dispatch ELMIBA N YMay 16 Johnnie Methius the Horseheads boy to whose leg was grafted the bone of a dogs leg arrived in this city on the Erie estibule train last night from New York He was va accompanied accompa-nied by Father Griffith a priest formerly nt Horseheads Johnnie went to the Dele van house where ho remained all night aoing to h home at Horseheads today I your correspondent talked with him He said he had been at the hospital in Now York six months and his leg has improved wonderfully When he left for New York last fall he walked with the aid of two crutches Last night ho had night only a cane His leg was perfectly straight but was sti hurt weak and a little shorter than the one