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Married: Mary Liscomb
Children: Dr. John F. Walker, Kenneth A. Walker, Mrs. Florence Welch, Mrs. Mary Cochran, Shirley Walker, Merle Walker
Arthur Walker worked for the railroad, where he lost his foot and leg above the knee in an accident. He used the money he received from suing the Rutland Railroad Co. after the accident to build a home on Upper Broadway in Saranac Lake with his wife Mary. He was later listed as a stagecoach driver.
Local Department
The Malone Farmer, February 14, 1912
Arthur Walker, who had his foot and leg so badly mangled in the Rutland R. R. yard here the other day that it had to be amputated at the Ogdensburg City Hospital, is a son of Stephen Walker, of Saranac Lake and resided there until a few years ago. He had recently taken a position with the Rutland road, changing from a job which he had with the D. & H. R. R. at Rouses Point. The family seems to have been pursued by accidents in recent years. Arthur's brother, Jack, is an amateur skater who two years ago was shot through the lung while hunting rabbits with some other boys. A buckshot passed through his breast and was taken out from under the skin of the back. Another brother, Robert, had an arm cut off after it was terribly injured in a mangle which he operated in a Saranac Lake laundry, and a sister received a broken arm in a fall a few years ago.
BIG JUDGEMENT RENDERED:
Arthur Walker Gets Verdict for $8,533.33 Against Rutland Railroad--Court Will Probably Continue Through This Week
The Malone Farmer, November 27, 1912
... Next to the state's verdict for upwards of $9,000 in the forest fire case against N. Y. Central, fully reported in these columns last week, the heaviest verdict rendered was for $8,533.33 in the case of Arthur Walker against the Rutland R. R. Walker was employed by the railroad and lost his leg while coupling cars in the Rutland yard in this village. He claimed hat when he pulled the lever the chain was broken which caused him to fall under a car and his foot caught in an open frog, One of the wheels severed his foot just above the ankle, and at the Ogdensburg City Hospital it was found necessary to amputate the leg above the knee. The responsibility for the accident he laid upon the railroad company. The jury was out only half an hour, bringing in a verdict of $8,533.33 in favor of the plaintiff.
