Show COL RICHARD SAVAGE HURT Great Novel Writer Soldier and Lawyer Crushed on Streets of New York I New York Oct Col Richarcl Savage Sav-age author soldier and Javyer Upr I of My Official Wife aid many other novels was run over on Sixth avenue today and now lies in Roosevelt hospital hospi-tal seriously Injured Col Savage was attempting to cross the avenue near Fortysecond street when a wagon ran him down the wheels passing over his body A surgeon sur-geon found that he had sustained fractures frac-tures of three ribs on the right side of the body and two on the left besides several severe contusions of the head He was hurried to the hospital and tonight to-night lilt condition was said to be serious se-rious Col Savage has had a varied career I lie was born In Utica June 12 1816 and graduated from West Point In 18G3 From JS71 to IS 17 he served in the Egyptian Egyp-tian army In May 1818 he was appointed ap-pointed senior Malor of the Second United States volunteer engineers and served during the war with Spain personally hoisting the first American flag in Havana |