The Atlanta constitution. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1885-19??, 1893-05-02
A STRAIN gle CASE
OF the Woman Who Died A tier Coughing Up
a Mouse.

Columbia, s. G., April 27.--(speciaL)-
The case of the negro girl Tina Richard
son, who died at the Blossom house i'll
ward /, IS attracting public attention and
has caused considerable excitement among
the negroes. The fun particulars of her
strange death are as follows:
She had been i'll for nearly two months
and arose this morning at the accustomed
hour apparently no worse than usual She
was sitting near the hearth when she
coughed up Il live animal about an inch
and half long and resembling young
mouse Ill some respects and Ill others, re-
scmbling another animal. She tainted, and
was assisted to q bed by coored woman,
who ran 10 give the alarm.
y large crowd gathered in a short while
and every imaginable superstitous theory
was advanced. The little animal on the
hearth had been unmolested up to this
time. Some one poked it with a stick and
it Squealed and squirmed.
The girl recovered sufficiently to say
that there was one still in her that was
choking her to death. She made frantic
efforts to get it out, sometimes almost
strangling herself in her efforts to get hold
of it.
All the time she was suffering agones.
Gradually she suffocated to death. Before
her death she accused colored woman liv-
ing in the neghborhood of having given
her this thing, meaning that she had been
conjured or ''hoodooed'
Ill the meantime IL SIIldIl boy ldu uttl
sent TO bring the animal which had been
carried away. He came running and de-
posted Il bottle in the lap Of an Old mann
ma who turned it up and out came the
cause of all the excitement, little red,
h&reSs thing that squealed every time 1t
was touched.
The negroes in that section of the city
are excited and their superstitous fears are
freely expressed. A large crowd was con-
gregated around the street door and on the
corner People were continually gong and
coming from every direction
No reasonable explanation of this curious
affair has been given.
DR.. l.. Il. Folk was called in after the
woman had been dead for some time.
When seen by a reporter DR.. Folk said
he did not know whether it all super
stition or not, as medical writers Were di-
Vided on whether Il live animal could live
in the human body, but that the more re-
cent medical works claim that such thing
is possible. He volunteered to look up a
similar case, but as the reporter was leav-
ing he declined with thanks.
The object was taken to DR.. Kendall.
who pronounced it young mouse. He
thinks it dropped from a crack overhead,
but the reporter observed the ceiling crit
ically and no crack could be seen.
The room is on the first floor and the
ceiling is pastered.
This seems to be an almost incredible
story, but these are the facts as gathered
from the woman who was IN the room at
the time of the occurrence
Carolina ARRAY.
Raleigh n c., April 29-(Special) y
News reached here today of a sensational
affair in Mitchell county.
William Blalock, white man aged TWEEN
tv. outraged the young wife of Pho Pritch
ard and ned. Pritchard pursued and friends
Joined him in the pursuit
Near Elk park the party came up with
Blalock.
AS they came up Blalock began firing
with a revolver and killed Andrew Greer.
He then threw away his pistol and was
captured. He is in Jail and denies the shoot
| ing. claiming that Reuben Buchanan. one
of the posse, shot at him and struck Greer.