David Pirrie |
| Posted 2017-06-01 by Judy Wight Branson |
| Prescott Journal-Miner, Prescott, Arizona Tuesday, May 26, 1914, page 4, column 6 Lost His Foot And Then His Life 'Hobo' Is Victim Of Peculiar Circumstances; Had Much Money In Pocket David Perrie, the hobo with several hundred dollars to his name, fell victim Sunday night to the injuries he received when he lost a foot by falling under the wheels of a moving freight train late last week. The unfortunate young man was 'beating his way' to the coast from Kansas. He had all kinds of money in his pockets and a bank book which showed a $600 account in a Kansas bank. At Seligman, he was hurled from the freight train and he lost his right foot in the accident. This happened at midnight, the member being entirely severed. Perrie was no brought into Prescott un 4 o'clock that afternoon, or sixteen hours later. During that time poisoning had set in. The man was attended to at the hospital but it was too late then for a remedy. Perrie was twenty-two years old. Transcriber's note: Correct surname is Pirrie. He is buried in an unmarked grave at the Citizens Cemetery in Prescott, Arizona. |
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