The Leavenworth weekly times., 1876-02-10
A FATAL MIS-STEP.
A Boy Cones to His Death by Falling
From a Ladder.
One c. the Most Singular Accidents
Upon Record.

Hiram Long, young bog about Efteen
yearsof age, an adopted son of Mr. John
W. Loar, residing On the Lawronoe road
about three miles and half southwest oi
this city, came to his death in a strange
manner on Friday evening last. He was
out in the barn, feeding the stock, and hav-
ing occasion to go into the loft, made the
ascent by means Of common ladder,
which was placed in an almost perpendic-
uiar position making it somewhat danger
Gus 10 either climb up or down. Ia max
ing the descent, it is presumed hat he came
down with his back to the rounds when,
from some accident, not known, a. ne was
alone at the time,
HE FELL,
his head catching in the loop OF rope,
which was suspended from the ceiling OF
the barn. The suddeness of the fall, and
the weight Of his body tightened the moose,
death ensuing, it is supposed Immediately,
his neck being broken. The rope, which
was an ordinary one such as il used
for clothes lines, cut into the
flesh somewhat, making red circle around
the boys neck, and compressed the neck 80
tightly that had the latter not been broken
death would have resulted from stranguIa-
ton The body when found was hung sus
pended, the knees touching the floor One
glove was upon his hand, the other being
grasped tightly in his lifeless fingers. IL IL
probable that he had been dead an hour or
so before he was discovered
Yesterday morning a jury was impan-
neled and the testimony OF various parties
taken, upon which the following
VERDICT
was rendered:
We, the undersigned jurors, summoned
TO hold an inquest over the dead body Of
Hiram Long, who came TO his death
through some unknown cause, having been
duly qualified, and examined all the evi-
dence hearing upon the case, do hereby
submit the following As cur verdict, viz:
That the deceased Hiram Long, came to
his death by accidentally falling into
looped rope suspended from the ceiling,
suffering thereby dislocation OF the neck,
from which instant death ensued.
Signed, W. II. Williams, foreman, K.
A. Collier, T. X. Sarns, S. W. Caruthers,
Case Peyma, ReOnce Thilbout, Jurors.
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