Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1891-01-01
The Best Snake story of All.

"A man VINO KEPT Hafutn near me rlTeT
! Euphrat,s, had an adventure with snake
many Years ago, has involved himself and
family in troublc eyer since. One result Of
| this adventure was the sentence pronounced
against the woman that ain sorrow thou
shalt bring forth children" N" doubt this
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A HORRIBLE DEATH The Details of the
finding of the dead body Of Mr., George w.
Sample in his home near Graceham Oh Sat
circumstances connected with his death may
be written as follows.
Mr. Sample was somewhat of n reclnse
living alone. dong his own baking, washing
and mcnding; he owned a small tract of LAND
| improved with dwelling house he farmod
the land and cared wholly for his own
affairs. This property was located on the
| lIoovcl's Mil road, about one-hat mile from
! Graceham On Saturday morning two men
! met in the road opposite the house and they
noticed that no tracks in the snow were 10
be seen, nor any sign of life about the house
! They called loudly and upon receiving no
answer determined that there was something
wrong; going to Graceham they notified
Soulrc Gernand and he and several others
went to the house and finding the outer door
unlocked entered and in the second room
found the dead body. Mr.. Gcrnand returned
to Graccham and summoned jury and Al
once examined into the matter When found
the body was lying upon its face, welering
! ia blood, with The left hand horribly mutula
! ted and the throat cut. TIE hand had Cvl
! IDENTIFY been mutulatrd by the bursting Of the
| H.,
burslcd from the muzzlc something more
than half, way buck to the brecch: it is
thought that, carrying this gun in his left
hand, having taken hold of il near the muz
zle that it was accidentally discharged, tor it
occupied an almost perpendicular position,
the load having pass 1t up through the ceiling
| and roof 1t is thought that he intended to
shoot at something that was disturbing his
chickens as he had spoken about 1t and was
| in the habit of shooting thus at random,
when he heard noise among his chickens.
Having been thus fearfully injured with no
one near and after night everything points
to its having occurred on Tuesday night the
horror of his surroundings prompted him to
end his life. He certainly intended to use
the bursled gun for that purpose as it had
been reloaded and capped, but the lock had
been dsarranged by the bursting it looks
as though he also attempted to hang himself
with strap and cham snd as Il last resort
he used the rnzor. His wanderings about
the house are shown by the blood marks to
be found everywhere and he evidently got
into his bed for time as the blood is there.
lie also evidently cut off with the razor the
remains of two of his terribly mutulntcd fin
gers as they lie Oh the table alongside of a
bloody razor.
As one learns, of the horrible experience
of the poor, unfortunate man. there is no
occasion for wonder at his final determine
ton to end his lite
In pocket on the inside of q shirt was
found $685., a half with a hole IN IT, 90
cents IN silver and three promissory notes
He owned three head Of cattle and other
personal property and Was worth in all prob
ably $4,000
Mr. B. Colllhower was foreman of the
Jury the verdict was to the effect that he
came to his death by his OWE act.
He was buried in the U. B. Cemetery, this
place, on Sunday last; he was unmarried
and hi are wae s. years, months and
Aays