Pawtucket tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 1890-189?, 1895-06-29
MAN WITH NINELIVES
ACCIDENTS SEEM TO HAPPEN TO
kLElNBUB IN VAIN.

stabbed, Cut, shot ana blown up Dut uo
Has stood Is All Right--Three Doctors
Dead Who Predicted That He Would
Die.
As the Fourth Of July draws near the
friends Of George Klelnbub are consider
ing whether It would be advisable TO enter
into contract with the hospitals Of Brook
lyn TO take care of him. They are firm In
the bolief that he will need hospital on
the Fourth, according To habit OF his.
Among his neighbors he Is known an "the
man with nine lives" owing TO the mum
ber OF accidents he has passed through
without being killed.
Kleinbub's first accident happened just
after his sixth birthday Ho was born in
Germany, at Durmeisheim, on Sept. 20,
1862 On Sept 80, 1858, he INDUCED In
tho boys pastime known as "cut behind"
A farmers wagon was going along the
road when George decided to take "a ride.
Ho cut behind the wagon, and his right
leg caught In one OF the wheels, whirling
him round and round. The farmer drove
90 PAGES before he discovered George, and
when he stopped he found the lad uncon-
scious, cut and bleeding. Tho doctor at
first considered the case hopeless. Finally
he succeeded In bringing the lad around
all right, but George was left with bro
ken ankle
In 1853 his parents moved to Carsruhe
When IL years old, nc was accidentally
shot by sportsmen In the abdomen and
right log just above the knee. For seven
weeks his recovery was doubtful. Both
bullets were extracted, and young Klein
'bub finally recovered.
Five years after no had been shot by tho
In Col, 10. H..
and got into row with soldier. The SOL
dier drew knife and stabbed Kleinbub
in the head, neck and shoulder. George
defended himself, also using knife, and
laid the soldier low with an ugly wound In
the abdomen. Fearing arrest, he decided
to make his way to America. HQ did not
have enough money to pay his passage, so
he decided to sail as u stowaway. Tying
handkerchief over tho stab wound In his
head, he managed to stop the flow OF blood
until he got aboard vessel bound for
Now York. On Nov. 2S, 1863 he landed
at Castle Garden. His brother had landed
two years before, and George found him
In New York after a search Of ten days.
He continually complained Of pains In
tho head. The stab had not healed and
gave him so much trouble that he consult
cd physician about 1t. He called upon
DR.. Schiller, and the doctor made an ex-
animation of the wound This was in
1872.
my dear man." said the DOCTOR
"there's piece of the knife In your head
and suppose 1t has been there since the
day you were stabbed. 1t appears to be
working itself out, SO I'll just poultice
the wound and keep 1t OPEN"
Kleinbub kept the wound poulticed un-
I... A.
house where he worked began throwing
wet cloths at one another. One cloth hit
Kleinbub on the head, knocking off the
poultice and bandage from the wound and
causing it to bleed. Kleinbub washed
away the blood and felt his head. The
hard substance that had been bothering
him for four years had disappeared. He
afterward found it in the poultice. 1t
proved to DC the end of steel blade half
an inch wide and one inch in length.
That settled the headaches
On July 4, 1878, he celebrated Independ-
'ence day and was severely burned about
the hands while setting off firecrackers
4 On the following Christmas day, while
using a knife to clean a cylinder revolving
at the rate Of 1000 revolutions "a minute,
the knife got caught in set screw, flew
from his grasp and pierced his left arm at
the wrist, pinning it against the machine
and severing snews and artery. After
that he could not use his left hand. Up
to this time he had been left handed. The
accident made him right handed. He was
Ia weeks in bed nursing his injuries
In 1886 no opened a saloon. One of his
customers had leg broken, and it was
decided to rattle pistol for his benefit.
The rattle was to take place in Kleinbub's
saloon, and there the pistol was left.
Kleinbub had pistol Of his own which
he kept loaded behind the bar. His son
julius wanted to compare the two pistols
and took the cartridges from the loaded
pistol and fitted them into the pistol that
was to be ra1lled. A customer came in
then, and young Kleinbub forgot about
the exchange of cartridges. Later the son
went TO supper, and the father looked aft
| er the saloon. A man named Haas enter
ed tho place and asked about the rattle
Then he asked permission to examine the
pistol. Klcinbub told Haas that the pis-
tol was not loaded, and Haas picked it up
and pulled the trigger. A discharge fol-
lowed, and bullet entered kleinbub's
left side, grazing the upper portion OF his
left lung, passing through rib and lodg
ing In his back. Kleinbub, who was be-
hind the bar, grasped whisky bottle and
proceeded to drink. Haas ran out into the
street and summoned help. This time
Kleinbub's relatives thought he would
surely die. DR.. Hughes probed for the
bullet and located 1t, but was unable to
extract 1t. At this time wagers were laid
by Kleinbubs neighbors upon the result
Two weeks later Kleinbub was up and
about attending to business as usual
On July 4, 1883, Kleinbub celebrated
Independence day by burning his right
ear with giant cracker. For week
Kleinbub went around with his ear tied
up On July last no broke the celcbra-
ton record by exploding two kegs of pow
der That morning no had purchased an
unusually large quantity of fireworks, and
The neighbors predicted i'll. All day Klein.
bub amused himself by firing big can.
non In the yard In the rear Of his beer sa-