The Red Cloud chief., 1896-03-20
HIS HOROSCOPE VERIFIED
Br. I,urghili Loses His Eye sight and Both
His Hands.

Er. Burghin Loses His Eye sight and Both
His Hands.
CHICAGO, March 14.-Dr. A. V. Burg
hill. who caused a sensation recently
by offering, through a Chicago paper,
to sell himself for s $1,000, doing any
thing, even sacrificing his life If the
purchaser required it, was injured in
an explosion last evening. The s., 900
was wanted, he said, to provide for
his aged mother. The explosion was
in connection with hazardous expert
ments in flash-light photography.
previous trials of which in this city
had invariably resulted disastrorsly.
Burghill lost both of his eyes, and
both OF his hands were so mutilated
that they will have to be a%mputatcd.
II n understand these stars.
From their appearance il looks like I
would be blind before I die" This
was the remark Of DR.. Burghill, adj
dressed to his landlady, Mrs. A. Craw.
ford, Wednesday afternoon. The pre-
diction was verified last evening. The
doctor has made out his own horo-
scope.
The accident occurred in the Office
of w. {. Lindquist, and the detona-
ton was of such volume that it was
heard half n mile away.
Photographer Vernon w. Lawrence
was in an outer room when the en-
plosion occurred. Less than two
months ago, when Lawrence was in
search of the same nashlight effect,
damaged his gallery and injured him
self. but this aid not deter him in his
Investigations. Early in February he
made another experiment. Like the
first one, it ended in a demolition of
r%ctorts, bottles and tubes, and nearly
killed him. His. gallery was al
most wre clied and il was some
time before he vas able to resume his
work. In the hope that others could
aid him. he inserted an advertisement
in one of the Chicago papers, saying
he would pay literally for the discov-
cry of the combination he sought. lie
desired a stronger flash light than is
now known in the Photographic art.
DIR. Burghill answered the advertise
mcnt, telling Lawrence that he had
made the discovery he was seeking
for. A meeting was set for last even
ing at DR.. Lindquist's laboratory, and
1t was while Burghill was preparing
the mixture for producing the flash
light that the explosion occurred.
Burghill is a Russian exile of rank
and a man of fine education. He re-
ceivcd various honors and medals from
the Russian government, but was BAN
ished from Russia -four years ago for
his advocacy of better treatment for
the Jews and Lutherans. He went to
Sweden, but vas forced to leave that
country too, because he criticised the
Lutherans there. While IN Russia he
was for a time in the employ of the
Russian secret service. lie received
honors from the ear, among them be-
ing the Roumanian iron cross, and
after the great Nihilistic riots was
presented with the Order Of the Cross
OF st. George by the emperor himself
for conspicuous bravery.
In America his life had been n fail.
ure. and seeing poverty and perhaps
death staring him in the face he be-
came desperate and wrote a letter to
one of the Chicago papers in which he
offered to sell himself for S., 900. lie
declared he would do anything the
buyer asked. lie said he would kill
or steal or kill himself If insured in
his mothers favor. No name accom-
panied tins strange letter, but IL was
published and attracted the attention
OF Il man who offered to aid the writer
IL he would find him. After an invcs-
tigation it was found that Burghill
vas the writer, but that he had re-
pcnted of his rash offer.