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Show BONE JAMMED IN BRAIN. Colored Man Works for Two Weeks With Fractured Skull. Columbus, O, May IS Drs. I'earlcy nnd Saunders viere summoned to IS! lleech nlley to nttend Hiawatha Via, a coloied man, who was said to he suffering suf-fering with a tit. The doctors examined Via and ascertained that his skull was fractuted. The) found a bole almost two Inches In diameter In his skull, with pieces of bone Jammed Into the brain Via s,i)s that ho was hit on the head with a beer bottle two weeks ago nnd thnt his head has bothered him since, although he hns worked moat of the time Yesterday the wound became swollen nnd Via nsked William bnun-ders, bnun-ders, a friend, to puncture It Saundeis used a needle for the operation That did not glve'the desired relief nnd Saunders Saun-ders then cut It open with u. pocket-knife. pocket-knife. They phslclans ennnot explain how Via survived the wound and the homo treatment. |