St. Landry democrat. (Opelousas, La.) 1878-1894, 1880-01-24
Cooked Alive.
TWO BROTHERS THROW EACH OTHER
INTO A SETTLING CAULDRON.
| Huntsville (Al1 Jp6anap1n,

| (ildJ lLlepeuuenI.I
One OF the most sickning atfairs-if,
| indeed, it is not the most horrible
which has been our duty to chronicle
| happened last Saturday on the premises
OF Mr.. Scion Kelly, about eight miles
| from Huntsville. There was a hog killing
| in progress, and two cOlered men Rob-
ert and Denis Patrick, brothers, got
| into a dispute about each others share
| i'll the years crop A long kettle filed
| with water was near by. The water in
the kettle had been heated to such a
degree that they were waiting for it to
cool little in order to scald the hogs
IN it. The water was SO hot that they
were afraid it would "set" the hair OF
the hogs. This was the high tempera-
ture OF the water when the brothers be-
gan to quarrel. Denis, who was the
oldest, told Robert that he would put
him in the kettle if he didn't shut up
and Robert, the preacher brother, told
Denis that if he put him, Ro bert,
IN that water, he, Denis, would have
to go with him. Denis caught Robert
and pressed him backward in the direc-
ton of the kettle. He pressed him,
both of them having their arms locked
meanwhile, until they both went head
long into the kettle of seething water.
Their piteous, awful screams and
means soon attracted others to the
place. who finally extricated them from
the white hot cauldron. They retained
their senses when first taken out, and
thelr. agonies were simply beyond dis
crlptlOn. They at once complained of
their hot clothes, and when these were
taken from their limbs great flakes of
boiled flesh went with them, leaving
their bones exposed. Their boards fell
out, and their hair dropped from their
heads. They had literally been cooked
alive! The sight was such that those |
who witnessed it were we'll nigh para
lyzed with horror. All possible mea-
stres OF relief were tried during the |
night. but Robert died next day and
Dennis died on Monday.
Truly A QUEER CAsE.-Mrs. J. E.
lngrallam informs lis of a queer case
that is worth publishing. She says thev
had hen at their place that had appar-
emily rheumatic feet, and in doctorins
them 1t drove the malady to the hens
head and destroyed her sight. Mrs. IN
graham then directed the man to xiii
The hen, and in the evening he cut her
lead clear off and threw her body out
near the stable. In the morning the
attention OF the family was attracted
oy FUSS made by all the chickens.
which were gathered in body near the
stable and making terrible cackling
'ver something. Upon going to the ;
scene there was the headless hen walk
ng. around among the others and
irving forth a kind of "ciucku from, the
tub of her windpipe, which stuck out {
.6ove the stump of neck. This was s
fifteen hours after her head had been emf
II. and she was not dead by any means.
Without thinking to keep her as a great
'at9ral curiosity, Mr.. Ingraham finished
Ter ny two or three shots through the
'ody with his reyolyer.-[Sanford lFia.) !
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