John V. Hagemann, 32, laborer, rescued David C., 36, farmer, and Minnie L. Schlueter, 33, from a runaway, Elgin, Illinois, June 22, 1906. Schlueter and his wife were in a carriage when their horses bolted and ran at their utmost speed. Hagemann ran into the street and, when the team was about to pass him, grabbed the bit of the nearer horse with his left hand and placed his right hand over the horse’s nostrils. He ran with the team, pressing on the horse’s nose to stop its breath. The horses did not slacken their pace, but, after Hagemann had run 300 feet with them, the horse that he held reared and fell. Hagemann also fell. The horse regained its feet almost immediately, but others had grabbed the team and it ran but a short distance farther. Hagemann lay unconscious in the street. He was disabled six days. Schlueter and his wife were thrown from the carriage just as the horses were stopped. Mrs. Schlueter was slightly injured. 7055-703
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