Two Ann Arbor Boys Injured

Saturday night Joseph Kennedy and Wirt Maston at'tempted to take a rWe to Detroit without paying their I They jumped on the platform of the baggage car of train No. (i and amid the smoke, einders end dust rode nearly into West Detroit. At this point the train was running at the rate of 40 miles an hour and Maston's nat blew off. Rather than lose nis hnt he jumped off the train calling Kennedy to follow. They both jumped and w nt flying through the air, Maston belng thrown against a pile of ties. Kennedy was drawn under the train and hls right leg was run over and the toes on nis left foot mashed. Maston lay unconscious a few minutes during which time Kennedy called to a yard man, who procured a stretcher and took hun to the Michigan Central freight house, where the Emergency Hospital ambulance was called for. He was taken to the hospital, where jt was found that the right leg had to be amputated below the knee and also two toes on the left foot had to be taken off. He was resting very comfortably this morning at the hospital, where his mother is by his side. Wirt Maston reeeived no serious injuries, but was pretty well bunged up f rom his fall. He was unconscious but a short time when he picked himself up and walked into Detroit, stopping at a house on the way and.begging for a nat which he got. He went to the Emergency Hospital to have some of his wounds dressed and sot there at 11 o'clock yesterday morning. Ke went in and made his wants known and was asked if he knew Joe Kennedy. He was told that Joe was there and what had happened to Mm. The two boys were very glad to meet eaoh other again, each thinking the other was killed. Wirt Maston was brought home i by his brother last night. They started for Detroit intending to find a job. Maston had $2 and Kennedy it rather than spend it for raiiroad fare they thought they could which resulted very unfortunately