Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1878-02-03
hndlng Watery grave. George Billups
was young negro convited of burglary
III Fulton county Superior Court.
Il Horrible DEATH :,

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Virginia New Chronicle
One OF the most extraordinary and hor-
rible accidents that ever happened on the
Comstock took place in the Savage car
penter-shop. Here is in use a steam
auger, which points towards the workman
and makes 1000 revolutions per minute.
1t is self-feeder, and anything that is
laid up against the point is caught and
thrown over its coils with lightning-like
rapidity. William Carpenter, the unfor-
tunate victim, at the time mentioned was
boring hole through stick of hard
wood, about three inches thick and eight
feet long, and was leaning his might
against 1t, under the impression that there
was gauge attached to the machinery
TO prevent the block going further along
the anger than the distance required.
suddenly workman near Carpenter Oh
served an understandable look on his face
as his body shot forward and doubled
over the terrible machine. 1t had passed.
like fencer's sword, through his
stomach, and was protruding at the back.
He was literally impaled upon the aueer,
which was churning his intestines at the
rate of from 1000 to 1900 revolutions
per minute.
In the midst Of the horrible agony
Carpenter seems to have maintained his
presence of mind, for he cast himself
backward and got off the auger, falling to
the floor as he did SO. The most terrible
excitement prevailed among his comrades
IN the shop, and there was rush to the
PROSTATE man. The sight must have al
most paralyzed them. Carpenter was ly-
ing on his back, with his clothes torn and
twisted above the region of his abdomen.
Just above him the deadly auger was
still whizzing, and clinging to it was a
mass OF intestines, the loose ends of which
spread out with the revolutions and gave
the auger the appearance Of buzz saw.
The man was removed to the bath room
ana laid upon the floor. He was still
cool, ard not a cry escaped him. His
brother (the ex-City Jailer) was sent for,
and, on his arrival, he communicated his
wishes IN regard to his business affairs
and the disposal OF his effects, remarking,
"my brother is an honest man, and will
do the right thing Presently it be-
came evident that he was suffering intense
pain, and the physicians in attendance
decided that he had better die under the
influence ofchloroform Before the drug
was administered he was told that he
would never come from under its lnhu-
ence alive. He merely nodded, babe
those about him good-by, and in a few
minutes was unconscious.
He lay IN this state as sleeping child
until after 4 o. clock in the morning
when the influence of the chloroform
passed off and he opened his eyes He
did not seem to suffer much pain, and oc-
casionlly talked to his attendants. He
died like a man. His last words were,
81 am passing into the unknown A
couple of hours later he was removed to
Wilson'S Browns undertaking establish
ment.
A Chronicle reporter called at the Say
age works this morning and inspected the
scene OF Carpenters death. The bath
room where he died was being washed,
and the blood scraped up FROM the floors
The most CHASTITY sight was the boring
machine. The auger which did the work
was covered with blood for its entire
Tenth, and shreds of flesh still elinging to
it. A workman informed the reporter
that nearly sixteen feet of intestines had
been taken from it after Carpenter was
taken into the bathroom to die. The
framework was coyed with blood, and
almost everything spattered with it.
Superintendent Gillett had given or
ders to have every vestige of the mans
death removed and a carpenter was re-
moving such portions of the framework
of the machine as we're sprinkled with
blood, to burn. The wood which is bored
by this method is placed in framework
and then run up against the anger. There
are pieces Of wood (cut at different lengths
as OCCASION requires4 which are laid in the
frame in order to prevent it going beyond
certain distance. Carpenter had bored
over dozen pieces, and the workmen
think that the stick must have fallen
down and caused his death as described.
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