Highland Boy Is
Seriously Injured
Ray White, 12-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. Edward White, was
seriously if not fatally cut about 6:30 last evening at his home in Highland
when he fell on a sharp knife while playing in his room with his younger
brother, Troy White. That the lad, with a hole in the right side of his neck
that extended to the throat and even severed the tonsil, was alive today was
surprising to Drs. Hollar and Blackburn, who dressed the wound. It was said
today the boy would probably live if no complications develop.
The accident occurred while Ray White was dressing. The
younger brother went into the room and “goosed” Ray, it is said, and he fell
onto the knife, which had been made by sharpening a large file on both sides
and inserting one end into a wooden handle. The blade was as dangerous looking
as a bowie knife and as sharp, it appeared, as a razor.
The wound was afflicted on the right side of the throat, and
as stated penetrated through the throat, cutting the jugular vein and severing
the tonsil. The lad bled profusely and was in bad condition when the physicians
reached him. Mrs. White, the mother, had held the little fellow for an hour and
a half while physicians were sought, and it was due largely to her presence of
mind that he was alive when the doctors reached the place.
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