Daily Los Angeles herald., 1878-01-13
from 1000 to 1,500 revolutions per
minute.
A DISPLAY OF GREAT NERVE.

A DISPLAY OF GREAT NERVE.
In the midst Of this horrible ag-
ony Carpenter seems to have main
tained his presence of mind, for he
cat himself backward and got off
the auger. falling to the floor as he
did so. The most terrible excite
ment prevailed among his com.
rades in the shop, and there was a
rush to the PROSTATE man. The
sight must have almost paralyzed
them. Carpenter was lying on his
back, with his clothes tern and
twisted above the region Of the alb
domen. Just above him the dealt
~ auger was still whizzing. aud
cllnging to it was mass of intes-
tines, the loose ends OF whic,
spread out with the revolutions and
gave the auger the appearance of u
uuzz-saw, The man was removed
TO the bathroom and laid
out upon the floor. He was
still cool, and not cry escaped
him. His brother (the ex-city JAIL
cry was rent for and, on his rival,
In few words he communicated
his wishes in regard to his business
affairs and the disposal of hls eff
f-cts, remarking, "My brother Is
an honest man and will do the
right thing" Presently 1t became
evident that he was suffering in
tense pain, and the physician in
attendance decided that he had
better die under the influence of
chlorofOrm. Before the drug was
administered he was told that he
would never come from under Its
influence alive. He merely nod.
ded, babe those about him good-by,
and IN few minutes was uncon-
scious.
He lay in this state as calmly
as u sleeping child until little af-
ter 4 o'clock this morning, when
the influence OF the chloroform
passed off and he opened his eyes.
He did not seem to suffer much
pain, and occasionally talked to his
attendants. He died at 5 o'clock,
and, as those who saw him said,
"Died like q man." His last word
were II am passing into
the unknown" A couple
of hours later he was reh
moved to Wilson & Browns under
taking establishment.
THE SCENE OF THE ACCIDENT.
A Chronicle reporter called at
the Savage works this morning
and In a pected the scene of Carp, n-
ter's death. The bathroom where
he died was being washed, and the
blood scraped up from the floors.
The most CHASTITY sight was the
boring-machine. The anger which
did the work was covered
with blood for it's entire longth,
and shreds of flesh were still
cllnging to 1t. A workman in
formed the reporter that nearly six
teen feet of intestines had been
taken from it after Carpenter was
taken into the bathroom to die.
The framework was covered with
blood, and almost everything spat-
tered with it.
Superintendent Gillette had
given orders to remove every YES
tige of the mans death, and car
psnter was removing such portions
of the framework OF the machine
as were sprlnkled with blood, to
burn. The wood which is bored by
this method is placed in a frame
work and then run up against the
auger. There are pieces of
wood (cut at different lengths,
as occasion requires) which
are laid in this frame in
order to prevent it going beyond a
certain distance. Carpenter had
bored over dozen pieces and the
workmen think that the stick must
have fallen down, causing his
death as described.
The deceased was about 32 years
of age and had wife and Two
children In England. The inquest
will be held this evening.