Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1902-12-03
THE P[R|L0US MARSH
$40 MEN COME NEAR LOSING
,,,rra LIVES IN QuAGMIRE.
orE THROWN IN BY T0UGHS.
=. kent III. Head md Friends Go,
,4,, oat. Though He Wa. Uncon-
sc,ou. from the co1d-The Other
was limiting Ducks.
scious from the Cold,

,-o}oTlEN. y. J.. December 2-.,pc-'
.5-lA- charles a. Bartellc. Jr.. IS years
~ vas attacked by a gang Of men in
-, r,aadews bordering the quag11ire in
t,rsfzr Yesterday ens ,-pon the approach
agi2 was thrown In the middle
~, ~ 70 and narrowly escaped death.
4, ,E.s same spot n man named John
f7,~l,s7n - n: 20 a tragic death yesterday
t..55-s he eyes Of several mon. who were
t-.i~e 70 Tescro him.
yrsa the boy was revived he
,or5 row the gang Of men pounced upon
ti- IS he was coming down Eighth
,,.rt lie fought them. ana. being an
s.sfre. was holding his own. Until one
~ .hn lied him from the rear.
* nzs thrown 10 the ground. but yelled
,a- na.n He heard the footsteps of mon
~-r-- 70 h'e nests-an~c md so lid his
essa1auts. They dragged him to the edge
q. ,s5 guaGmAe. and hur!tL rim far into
u lie could not tell In what direction
,ho. ran hut there was no sign OF them
v-fr7 several men arrived at the rlire.
rarlunately for Bar1clle. he had struck
or his back He knew the danger Of the
ri-z and undors' GOD That there was no
10 set a foo.hold IN it.
~ sept cool. yelling direct ons to his
go rs The miro was giving way un-
.e~ flu slowly. but stea Oily. and the
,e-a-y s.f7nc began 10 clutch al him with
1 deadly grip.
III ov.7g ont several p!anks that had
bo-n @ei 2 few hours before In a vain
.-a~nt TO save Durham. the men who
Az5 rsard tic boys cries crawled out to
7fa1 They seized MS arm. wa-n:ng HIM
rr- IL try, to move himself. and dragged
lin toward the shore.
- a..
ara he was more dead than alive when
p1ad OK.
Bridgeport. CONN. December .
lSre ial1-Wtile hunting ducks along the
E1rsatonic liver marshes in Stratford
yesterday David Livingston walked into
on. II the numerous and dangerous quaG-
-ns In that vicinity. and barely escaped
WIN his life
fls vas following q flock CT ducks. and
81 5erlr stopped on the soft ground. He
took half dozen more steps, and the
CO., sI!rE nuG began TO run over his
hal ops. Then. hc realized what had
ta-S}eH min. IN his efforts to extricate
Himself. and to get back to the solid
ground. Mr. Livingston succeeded only
IL sinking further in the mud.
il VAS nearly dark. and the nearest
horse. 2 quarter OF a mile away was
sinking man cried out for hep as Justify
s. h lurgs permitted. chung 10 his gun.
au5 fred that off also. 10 attract attcn-
ion Fortunately. Minor Smith heard
h cries, and suspccii3g what the trou-
Tie was, hurried in the direction of the
sound. When he rea ched him, Livingston
ha& sunk in the mud To his ar.npits. The
PRESSURE, the suction of the mud and his
ewing for he.p had almost exhausted
h,H. and he was just able to keep his
had from dropping over into the mud.
Ttn minutes more he would have been
swallowed up and no trace OF death would
have been left behind
Miner Smith hastily threw a platform
Of sticks Of driftwood around the help
less man. and after hard work. succeeded
III sZTica tiTg him.
in Livingston was tplzen to hotel,
and. later. conveyed TO his home. RE is
al night now. but says the short time ne
s-a7t IN The qua grnire was the most aw-
M agony he ever experienced. and that
h. had about given UP hope when Mr..
smith came to his rescue.