Evening journal., 1897-07-12
WHIRLED TO DEATH.
Samuel Kennedy Killed at the
Jessup & Moore Mills.

Samuel Kennedy Killed at the
Jessup & Moore Mills.
he GOT CAUGHT IN A PULLEY
WITH A FELLOW WORKMAN HEl
WENT TO ADJUST A BELT IN
THE CELLAR AND WAS Al
CORPSE IN LESS THAN THREE
M1NUTEs-LEG TORN OFF AND
BODY TERRIBLY MUTILATED.
Samuel Kennedy, aged "a years,
whose home was at No. l409 Clayton
street, met a terrible death while at
work IN the shop of the Jessup and
Moore Paper Company. about $50
O'Clock Saturday afternoon He was
employed as assistant. or helper. for
! William Black. who is feeder and care
taker of one OF the big machines used
ia COMPRISING the pulp out of which
paper Is made. The machine at which
Black and he worked became disor-
dered shortly after 3 o'clock. To ad-
just it, it was necessary for Black to
go to the cellar Kennedy went with
him. He was destined not to return
alive.
WHIRLED TO DEATH
When they got to the cellar they
found that the trouble was due to a
belt which had slipped off the shaft
controlling the big machine. The pull
ley connected with the shaft was still
running In fact it was necessary that
il should run, otherwise the belt could
not have been properly replaced. The
shaft is suspended from the girders and
extelds almost midway between them
and the floor of the cellar.
Black set to work to adjust the belt by
getting on a stand He instructed Ken
nedy, who stood on the floor to rails.
the belt from the floor so that he woul6
be able to'slip It in place again. Ken
|. nedy took a position near the pullo,
the wheel of which was revolving at 4
rapid rate of more than l50 revolution
a minute.
AS Black caught hold of the belt 60
called to Kennedy: Raise il up, Sam.
He felt the boy move the belt and nat
- urally gave it a tug himself. Then he
noticed a sudden relaxation and turn
ing 10 address Kennedy he heard a
terrible sound. He looked, and a few
feet frem the pulley was Mortified to
see the dead body of Kennedy, mutt
lated and bleeding profusely. The left
1 leg was missing It had been torn of
and was flying around with the wheel
j. scattering blood in all directions.
Black took in the situation at q
glance. He jumped down. and running
to the engine room shouted to the en-
gineer: For Gods sake hurry ans
4 .Vf "a hrt hoe hnnf uVnmnn n
pieces" The engineer acted promptly
Y and in less than ten seconds every bit
s of machinery in the building came to q
!. standstill The missing limb was ther
!. taken from the wheel and placed be
4 side the body. An examination of the
4 body showed that the skull had beer
fractured the face badly crushed; the
n right leg broken below the knee anC
e the left leg completely torn off. BlooC
d poured from it and bathcd the floor fol
e. several feet around.
II News of Kennedy's sad fate sprea'
0 quickly to all parts of the shop, an'
a soon a crowd Of sympathizing fellow
r. workmen were on the scene. Tears
t filled the eyes of many as they gaze;
3. at the corpse of the unfortunate lad
d Many refused to look at it, thougi
they shed tears of sorrow and regret.
II Asked how Kennedy met his suddei
h and terrible death, not even the mai
Black knows Black, however, advances
o the opinion that by a movement of hi
-e body in raising the belt the lads cloth
II ing caught in the pulley and he wa
l. whirled around to his death Blacl
says thai it was not more than fifteei
seconds from the time he told Kenned.
Y to raise the belt until he turned to ad
dress him again and saw his dead bod
q fall to the floor The sigh. 50 unnerve
.e Black that he was almost spell-boun
70 for an hour.
Is MOTHER FRUSTRATED.
~ The mother of the unfortunate ma
went almost into Mysteries when tn
i, news of her sons death reached hei
:, Her paroxsyms of grief could not b
. suhdued by three persons who went
m her home to comfort her.
,5 Young Kennedy had worked at tn
M Jessup and Moore factory for about 81
M years. His wages were S12 a week. II
M was popular and had a large circle G
M friends.
M Deputy Coroner Chandler, who wa
,o ! cIt1,1 n1onpd went IN the factory and an