| Show PATROL DRIVERS PERIL XANA CANNONS NARROW ESCAPE froia dragged nt at a Ilor ses tor for forty yards the hoofs St his els blead two others in danger police patrol driver marsena cannon narrowly escaped losing ills his lits life yesterday morning cannon had dr driven I 1 rt the hie wagon wae on down to a house on west south temple street with gil leople and a trusty named rill billmore more for or the purpose 0 of getting a trunk belonging to acoman a woman in tile tha jail all the regular patrol wagon has been in the repair shop lor for a month or more and art old affair has beell in use As th the wagon was wag being backed bachee down to the sidewalk the wheels caught in the box and in a flash bash was overturned mr cannon fell ell odward among amone tile the traces at th the beels of 0 the horses while gillespie and fillmore were caught under the box the horses became frightened and dashed down the street carrying the wagon anti and the three men with it the near horse a alne gray somewhat fractious in temper began kicking as it ran and every blow land ed on mr jr can cannon non luckily the horses feet were so entangled in the traces that it could not kick with full farce or the first blow would have killed the iho unfortunate driver atter after being dragged fifty city yards or more officer gillespie managed to ex iriente himself from the wagon and bunning forward seized the gray by the bit and with nith almost superhuman strength succeeded in stopping him arid and i educing him to submission then gillespie dragged cannon from his hil dangerous position bystanders righted the wagon and held tile horses cannon was w frightfully cut about the head and shoulders ills his stiff helmet which had in a degree protected his head was waa reduced to a pulp and hla his uniform was torn to ribbons hla his faco face and an d head were covered with blood from numerous cuts but lie he lad had not lost loat consciousness and was able with some Is istance to egand and walk lie ile was taken to st marks ho hospital where here it was wag learned that no bones bolies wire blen all en an ant it was thought that his injuries would not prove serious late last evening lie was resting easily find and it was said that his recovery would be only it a matter of 0 a week or so in the hospital officer gillespies Cill espies clothes were badly torn and he was somewhat bruised about the shoulders the trusty fillmore was injured in the knees |
