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Show TRAGIC DEATH OF ALDERMAN KELLY ACCIDENT WHICH DEPRIVED A PUBLIC SERVANT OF LIFE. In the Performance of Duty, Alderman Alder-man Kelly Is Thrown From a Mountain Vehicle Sorrow of Denver. (Denver News, July 27?) Death yesterday afternoon suddenly terminated the investigatir n of the councilmanic committees into the water supply of Denver. One of Ihe carriages carrying the party ran away at a point about fourteen four-teen miles from Buffalo park and eight miles from Lake Cheesman. and Alderman Alder-man Andrew Kelly was killed and Su pervisor Carl M. Lindquist had his left! leg broken just above the ankle. The latter suffered intense pain during the fourteen-mile drive to Buffalo, where surgical assistance was secured. There was some danger of blood poisoning, but Dr. Edward Lazell believes that the wound has been so carefully treated as to minimize the chances of serious results. The party left Denver yesterday morning on the 8:15 Colorado & Southern South-ern Platte canyon trait. President of 1 t ' X I if. x - -v " ' : A;i:; - .--Y : t - V1! - y 1 xy : . LATE ALDERMAN ANDREW KELLY, (Who died serving his constituents.) the Aldermen W. B. Tebbets, Aldermen Alder-men Kelly, Conlon, Gaahan, Parrish and Bailey, Supervisor Lindquist, City Engineer O'Brian and representatives of the daily papers composed the delegation. dele-gation. City Attorney Orahood went as far as his summer home at Wellington Welling-ton lake. THOSE IN THE CARRIAGE. At Buffalo two stages belonging to John J. Noonan, formerly of Denver, were waiting to take the party to Cheesmaan lake. In the first vehicle, which was drawn by two horses, were seated Alderman Tebbetts, Parish and Conlon, together with a Mrs. White and two men employedu at the great dam. It was driven by J. T. Fillmore. In the second stage, which swung along behind four spirited horses, were the remainder of the party. On the front seat were Alderman Kelly and John J. Noonan, the owner of the stage' line, on the second seat Supervisor Lindquist and City Engineer O'Brian; on the third Aldermen Gahan and Bailey; Bai-ley; on the fourth Clarence Lyman of the Times and Edward Keating of the News, while H. IT. Niemeyer. the Republican Re-publican representative,. ensconced himself him-self on. the baggage carrier. The sharp mountain breezes seemed vibrant with health and happiness. and the occupants of the two coaches told, stories and sang rollicking songs with the abandon of school boys. At Wellington Well-ington lake lunch was had and the journey was resumed at 2:30. Again the smaller stage led the way and Alderman Al-derman Kelly perched beside the driver of the second coach led in the merrymaking. merry-making. He had been noted for his high spirits, but never before did quip and joke slip from his lips so readily. At 3:30 the top 01 uneesmaii nui waa gained. KELLY CALLED FOR SONG. "Now. boys, it's down grade. Let's try that chorus once more' shouted Kelly, and his companions joined- him in a snatch of a song with a vigor which drove the loud echoes from side , to side of the narrow valley. . - i The horses were swinging alonfe at a gallop, when a terrific jolt cut short the merry-making, and hurled Driver j Noonan over the backs of the trailers onto the rocky side of the mountain. The shock and the excited cries of the occupants of the coach maddened the horses, and they careened down the sharo declivity at a frightful pace. Alderman Kelly still retained his seat, and he made a gallant attempt to seize the reins which had fallen from Noonan's fingers. The effort disturbed his equilibrium, and still clutching for the strips of leather and endeavoring to soothe the animals-he fell head foremost fore-most between the trailers and the axle-trees. axle-trees. In the meantime SSupervisor Lindquist. City Engineer O'Brian, Aldermen Al-dermen Bailey and Gahan and Mr. Niemeyer had hurled themselves from the coach, leaving Messrs. Lyman and Keating clinging to the rear seat. The occucpants of the first coach had heard the cries of their 'friends, and Driver Fillmore, seeing that Noonan's horses were tearing down the narrow road, drew his vehicle up on the mountain moun-tain side in order to avoid a collision. This catastrophe was averted by a hair's breadth. The large coach toppled top-pled over, and with Lyman and Keating Keat-ing clinging desperately to each other, was dragged lor yaras. Aiavnriaii Tebbetts and one of the men from the dam pursued the fleeing steeds, and the workman, by a tremendous burst of speed, reached the heads of the leaders as Mr. Tebbetts Feized the trailers and brought them to a stand-r.till. stand-r.till. The two newspaper men were found to be without serious injury. NEWSPAPER MAN HURT. Mr. Lyman was severely bruised, and most of his right eyebrow was rubbed off, but he was able to assist in aring for the injured. Aldemran Kelly, was found where he fell beside the road, a strong stream of blood flowing from an ugly looking wound in his forehead. "I'm not hurt. boys. Not hurt," he muttered, in response' to the anxious inquiries of his friends. So some bathed his face, while the others hastened has-tened to Mr. Lindquist, who lay moaning moan-ing with pain. The bone of his left leg protruded two inches beyond the flesh, and he Avas enduring the most excruciating excru-ciating torture. The smaller coach was hastily fitted fit-ted up and Mr. Lindquist placed in the body and Mr. Kelly helped to a place beside, the driver. The alderman's alder-man's condition was notregarded as serious. The wrecked coach followed with the remainder of the party. Messrs. Niemeyer and Keating accom panied the injured ba-k to BufSalo. and reached; the latter place soon after 5 o'clock. Mr. Kelly reclined in the arms of Mr. Niemeyer, and before two miles of the journey were covered the latter lat-ter noticed that the alderman was sinking. Suddenly Mr. Kelly lurched forward and then sank back. "He's dead," whispered Niemeyer to Keating. "What's -that? Andy dead?" inquired in-quired Mr. Lindquist, endeavoring to sit up. "Nonsense," replied Keating, with a forced laugh. "He's all right, Carl. He has fainted." "Lord, God:" eclaimed the supervisor. super-visor. "It would never do to lose Andy." And he went to the Denver hospital without knowing that his friend was gone from the world of the living. Near Wellington Albert Orahood, son of the city attorney, was encountered on horseback. He was dispatched to Buffalo to wire the tidings . to Denver and to order a special train. The ride to Buffalo was a severe one on Mr. Lindquist. It was felt that there was grave danger of blood poisoning and the horses were urged to their topmost top-most speed. At Wellington a fresh team was secured and Mr. Kelly's body transported to another wagon. The road between Wellington and Buffalo is very rouglj and the constant severe jolting wrung moans from the lips of the courageous supervisor. To add to the discomfort a heavy rain began falling and through this driving storm the journey to Buffalo was accomplished. Young Orahood had secured the services ser-vices of Drs. Edward Lazell of Denver Den-ver and E. W. Fiegenbaum of Ed-wardsville, Ed-wardsville, Ills., and they promptly set the injured limb. The operation was Very successful. The Colorado & Southern management manage-ment ordered the afternoon fish train to return to Denver as a special and at 9:15 the body of Mr. Kelly was put aboard and Mr. Lindquist was tenderly carried to -an improvised couth. The return trip was made as speedily as the capacity of the engine would permit. TWO MORE ACCIDENTS AVOIDED. Those who returned to' Buffalo in the wrecked vehicle narrowly avoided two more serious accidents. When the word j for the start was given the horses be- j came unmanageable and Driver Noonan Noo-nan was again thrown from his seat. The other occupants of the carriage piled out hurriedly,- but without injury. The animals were finally rounded up and the alarmed city fathers induced to return to their seats. Then another start was made and as the descent of a steep hill was being attempted the traces broke and another hasty debarkation debark-ation was made. The leaders were cut loose and the trailers permitted to draw the party into Buffalo. "It was the mostexciting experience that I have ever had," said President Tebbetts. "I was on the second seat of the wrecked coach with O'Brian and Lindquist. I was jammed into the narrow nar-row seat and up " against the brake. When we flew down a hill I noticed that the brake did not work and I got out. saying that the situation was too ticklish for me. I believe that the sfact that I took a seat in the other carriage car-riage saved my life, as escape from the wrecked vehicle would have betn barred by the brake. " hen the runaways passea me and I saw the two newspaper men tangled up in the wreckage, T exclaimed, 'They are dead, but they shall not be mutilated,' muti-lated,' and I started for the horses. When Lyman and Keating emerged from the wreck apparently uninjured it vas like greeting two friends from the grave." The.councilmen were profuse in their expressions of appreciation of the courtesy of the Colorado & Southern officials, Drs. Lazell and Fiegenbaum and the management of the Hotel Ad-amson. Ad-amson. Kelly's Idea of Duty. Alderman Kelly's death was directly due to his loyalty to his constituents. For years he had taen a' leading part in the struggle to place the city of Denver in possession of its own water system. When he appeared at the Union depot yesterday morning he announced an-nounced that he had determined to make the trip to Lake Cheesman because be-cause Alderman Mullen of the First ward was forced by urgent business to remain in the city. 1 "Mullen agrees with me on this water wa-ter question," said Mr, Kelly. "We are determined to force the water company com-pany to carry out its contract with the people if it. is possible for it to do so. I propose to make a careful examination examina-tion of the sources of the w ater supply and to state on the floor of the council just what I have found. , "I do not believe that the city should pass any. ordinance which would interfere inter-fere with the relations of the water company and the water consumers. The but the profits of the past and those which are assured in the future will recompense it many times. "When Mullen told me that he could not come I felt that I was in duty bound to accompany the investigators." Mr. Kelly watched the Platte very carefully as the train progressed toward to-ward Buffalo, and expressed the opinion opin-ion that there was plenty of water in the stream to meet the needs of the city. : "I believe," he said, "that the people of Denver my be depended upon to treat the water company decently. There will be no waste of water if the mayor will state the situation and point out the necessity for economy." By a strange coincidence, Mr. Kelly, during the day, frequently spoke of the late Martin D. Currigan, who had been his close personal friend, and of his fight for municipal ownership. "I wish Martin was here, today," exclaimed ex-claimed Mr. Kelly. "Depend upon it, if he is. not with us in the flesh his spirit is not very far removed." Carved Out His Paifc in Life. Alderman Andrew Kelly was born in Chicago thirty-three years 'ago. .He came to Denver twenty yeurs ago, and entered the employ of Mcphee S- Me-. Me-. Ginnlty as a messenger boy. From this humble positfon "he rose to the one which he held at the irrie of his death. He was married about eleven years ago, and lived at 3132 Stout street. Four years ago he was elected a member of the city council and served one year as its president. He was the author of the famous underground wire ordinance, ordi-nance, which occupied so much attention atten-tion last winter and spring. He also for a time was deputy sheriff in the criminal court. Last January he was appointed deputy county clerk. He was fire warden under Governor Alva Adams, Ad-ams, and also superintendent of the street sprinkling department under the administration of Plitt Rogers. He has at all times been recognized as an ardent ar-dent Democrat, and in the councils of his party no local man stood higher than he. His brother, Joseph Kelly, who lies ill at his home near Nineteenth avenue and Marion street, was unable to speak to his friends after hearing the news of his brother s death last night. He has been ill for months, and has been unable to move from bed. Up to the time that he became an invalid, Joseph Kelly had been an actor. Andrew Kelly leaves another brother, besides Elizabeth, Eliza-beth, a sister; afwidow and three children. |
