Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1900-03-08
DEATH IN QUEER FORM
Peculiar Manner In Which the Dark
Angel Summons Some Of His
Vfefimn.

| DedCn mas never lnQulgeQ In more
apparently wanton caprices than dur
ing the past six weeks. What could
he more unique, for instance, than the
fate which overlook colored maraud-
er in Lincoln county, N. c., on the
night of December 16? He had stolen
a dressed hog from a farmers smoke
house, and, with it upon his back,
reached fence, where he stuck fast
and died. In the morning the hog
was found on one side of the fence
and the thief on the other, his neck
firmly held by the gambrel stick,
which, thrust through the animals
outspread limbs, had served to hang
it up.
On December 90, Theodore Heath,
of Cathcart, Ont, swallowed his false
teeth while at dinner and died before
the following morning. Two days
later Terrence Devlin, of New York,
performed the novel feat of swallow
ing his windpipe. This was made pos
sible by the windpipe being false one
OF silver, which was Displaced by a
street car collision.
The strangest ending of all, however,
was that which befell three-year-old
Carl Martin, of Rochester, N. Y, who
swallowed some unlocked Lima beans,
which sprouted in his stomach and
killed him.
Harvey Sprinkle started from Hunt
ington, w. Va, for his home on the
Upper Guyan, on Christmas night,
and, being intoxicated, wandered into
pool of water, where his legs froze
last and held him till he was frozen
to death. 1t was on Christmas, too,
that Thomas Leary, of Fort Hamii-
ton, N. Y, broke Edward Watson's
neck by slapping him on the back and
wishing him the joy of the season.
Thomas Collins, of Clarksville,
Tenn, slipped between two logs in the
Cumberland river, and was found
there, standing upright, IL days later.
A boiler exploded in John Haviland's
sausage factory at Decatur, Ind, and
splinter of iron flew across the
street and instantly killed Mrs. NIL
lette, aged "a, who sat at her window
sewing.
Mike Hogan, of Charleston, s. c.,
was shot because he was Irish. Alec
Logan, English. and Matthew Gleason,
Irish, had been engaged in a fierce dis
pute over the Transvaal war. Logan
went home, got shotgun and upon
his return, not being able to find
Gleason, he killed Hogan, the first
Irishman he met, although Hogan had
Lot been in any way connected with
the dispute.
John Edgar Gardiner, of Bingham
ton, N. Y, shot his young wife and
killed himself because he wanted his
picture published in the papers.
Animals, wild and domestic, have
had their full share in recent fatalities.
On December 20 Sid, the big elephant
in the sells-Forepaugh circus, killed
the head trainer, known as "Patsy"
Forepaugh. On December 26 Abram
Lefevre, farmer of Greenland, Pa,
died from the effects of a cat bite,
while, on the same day, Harry Adding
ton, Of Saratoga, Ind, met a similar
fate through the bite of dog. Two
days later James Rowland, of Mar
ietta, o., had his neck broken by
stubborn calf. On January 1 lion
tanner named Radowsl1y was killed by
his tawny charges in the Vienna (Aus-
tria) zoo, and on the same date ply
sician of Chalet, France, was torn to
pieces by his dogs.
During Christmas rehearsal at
Eastbank, w. Va, Mrs. Park Chap
man dropped dead upon the stage.
On the Sunday before Christmas Mrs.
Margaret Usher died while kneeling
IN prayer in St. Patrick's church, Cow
;ngton, KY, and on the following day
two other worshipers were stricken
by death while in the midst of their
devotions. These two later tragedies
occurred in Cincinnati, the victims be-
ing Phillip Farrell, who breathed his
last in St. Mary's cathedral, and An
drew Cronin, who was attending serv-
ices in St. Edwards church, when the
last call came.
Ralph Phillipson, of Chicago,
dropped dead on the night of January
2. while listening to the applause fol-
lowing his own speech before his
lodge of the B'ne Birth order. Mrs
Mary Gordon, of New York, died on
the following day while proclaiming
in court her husbands innocence of
the charge of watch stealing-N. Y.