| Show A CASE yesterday at the hospital of the holy cross dr J M benedict amputated both feet of the boy christian alfson twelve years old who has hitherto been mentioned meation ed as having been brought to the city with his feet so badly frozen that there was attle or no hope of saving them dr I 1 D benedict thos bezier gus king and others were present at the operation and the patient is doing as well us possible though the caso is a severe one ho has no relative in this country save one sister in san pete and is dependent on the aid of charitably deposed persons the circumstances which brought the boy to this strait ar said to be these he was nar thistle valley for a man sidney clr in th cold weather in january discharged him and broto him away because be got a larger boy to do the work it was a lonely placa miles away from any other ranch and the boy did not know the way out and besides had no particular place to go he got lost and wandered in the hills for twenty days scantily living on a little hour he bad in a tin pail some men who were passing through happened to we an old cabin on fire and coming toward them the boy crawling on his hands and knee they did what they could lor him and took him to a ad from there he was sent to salt lake city where his feet were found so badir frozen that it was impossible to cave then in fact one dropped off when the leg was raised for the amputation it was a case of great hardship and the conduct of the man swazey in turning the toy adrift to die in kaow covered and trackless mountain wilds far from any habitation was cruel and hardhead led in the extreme he richly merits the most rigorous prosecution and we aro glad to hear some of those conversant with the facts are moving to bring the brutal to justice tribune aa |
