John G. Walker, 29, drayman, rescued William G. Obear, 44, state militia quartermaster general; Legare H., 34, and Julia H. Obear, 4 months; Edward W. Butler, 55, mayor and lawyer, and Green Thomas, 56, laborer, from a runaway, Madison, Georgia, June 27, 1909. Walker tried to grab the rein of one of a team of spirited horses drawing a surrey containing Butler, Thomas, and the Obears, but, failing, he ran alongside the horses a few steps and then grabbed the rein. It slipped through his hands to the loop, and at that moment Walker was struck by a wheel and knocked to the ground. The wheel passed over his legs below the knees and, still clinging to the rein, he was dragged along the street for about 15 feet, when, as the result of his pulling back, the horses ran into an embankment and came to a stop. Walker was disabled nine days by his injuries. None of the occupants of the surrey was hurt. 4676-494
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