The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1894-03-27
DID A SPIDER KILL HIM 7
JOHN n. LLOYD, THE ATHLETE,
DEAD or BLOOD POISONING.
Two w.... Az. m. Received =. Isi-ry to

Two weeks Az. N. Received .. Isiury 70
Inss-s-Esperts Doubt the spider Theory.
John D. Lloyd. one Of the best known ANA
teur athletes in the East died at st. Luke's
Hospital. this city. on Friday last OF blood
poisoning. the result II Is thought, OF spi-
der's bite received about two weeks ago.
Lloyd lived In Lawrence street. near Fulton
street, Brooklyn. He was captain OF the Pros
pect Harriers. corporal Of Company ID. Thir-
teenth Regiment, member Of the Union and
other athletic clubs. and one OF the best cross
country runners In America. Among his
friends there lie q difference OF opinion regard
ing the cause Of the blood poisoning. Lloyd
and his immediate friends firmly believed that
II was caused by . spiders bite. while others
think that It was caused by shaving.
Two weeks ago Lloyd. who was in the ship
ping business. was assisting some men to un-
load cargo Of hides from vessel. when a
bale OF leather fell on him. He was not much
Injured. but the edge Of one OF the hides
slashed across his face. making an ugly look
ing cut.
A couple OF minutes later an insect. which
LLOYD said looked like . spider. crawled upon
his face and bit him where he received the cut
He brushed the insect away, and. after wipinR
the blood from his face bound up the cut and
ing OF the face for couple OF days. but 1t
went down. and after that he had no further
trouble with the cut
On Sunday week ago he was apparently In
the best Of health. He rode on q bicycle from
his home In Brooklyn to 154th street In this
city and back again without much effort. On
Monday and Tuesday he attended to business
IS usual, but on Wednesday he complained Of
being Ill He went to his room and tried to
ne suffered 80 much, however. that he, wa.
taken to the home Of his sister. Mrs. q. W.
tho hSsPi,sl On TSsr:dsy he was tsEsn 70 81 i
Vas snsuessssiai and on Friday he dis stA''0H
sunday osS R .ssrss gS 'G na G 70
some friends whom he met he com plained
ss r. had pf sssd f', ns sS He
said. The physicisns At 81 Luks's Hospital
sss q T; to ,s n:
&: a.s: death. but Tsfu.. 70 discus: SUISSE the Ss
bite y fatal to man In good health. and that
whose blood e in good condition than to in.
Sostsr so@srs. .hsy ssuB ass
man more than Il does here. but even in those
countries e sooa bite IL not necessarily fatal to
This. n the sharps are to be believed. would
snectnally do away with the theory that
spider or any insect, as Lloyd was . man who
*. os t'Rs u :s
mantis. which. however rarely gets this far
north The mantis would not DO found in
The several experts with whom BUN re-
porter talk ed Last night were OF the opinion
81 e.. Sds shs cut LIZ
say there may have been some foreign sub
blood poisoning The insect that bit him AZ
amount Of the poison. but foreis n sub stance on
the hide proba bly, caused the blood poisoning.
Many Of the dead mans friends bellsys thai
but they are PROBABLY mistsfss n.a " 'n&'lns
Lloyd was 10 years Of age. He 10 said to
have won . barrel OF medals and prizes during
his career a. . eross-oountry runner. He won
and when he Joined the Prospect barriers. ten
years ago. he was almost INN sdintely m ads
captain. In all the runs the Harriers have
held In recent years Lloyd always came In
One Of his best races was his sn-mils con-
test with Sam Freeth In Washington PARK
some years ago he won after a desperate
the national cross country championship. In
1880 the Prospect Harriers led BY Lloyd won
everything In sight In the national cham pion-
In 1890 the Prospect Harriers ran second TO
the New York Jockey Club Cup. Lloyd was
beaten In this race By e. G, Carter. Later the |
Senior National Oh pionship.
In disposition Lloyd was q second Patsy
Doody. He was great story teller and comic |
singer, and; IKE the great Patsy. was always |
from his sisters house The lnterment was In |
Greenwood Cemetery.