The Cairo bulletin., 1910-10-22
TEN HOURS AGONY
ENDS IN DEATH OF MAN WHO
TRIED TO KILL FISH WITH
DYNAMITE.
Bomb Exploded in His Hands and
Threw Him Into Lake Near Pa.
ducah Terribly Injured
Hands Injured.

Paducah, Oct. 21.--With both ha, is
tornoff, his face literally torn to pee
| es, and strips of flesh hanging by
| more threads Of skin to his buiiscd
land lacerated chest, Ulrich f. Boyer,
lwho resides about five miles from
Paducah on the Cairo road, was
brought to the Riverside hospital at
seven O'Clock last evening for surgi
cal attention, which, however. proved
| OF no avail, h IS death occurring two
hours later. His injuries were the
result OF an accident a parallel of
(which has not been reported to local
physicians for years-the premature
| Explosion at 8 o'clock yesterday morn
ling OF dynamite bomb intended to
be used on a'fishing trip in the yicin-
lily OF Mayheld Greek The injured
man was met at the local hospital
upon his arrival by DR.. II. r. Rivers
land DR.. w. ]. Bass, who made a tho
Trough examination of the wounds and
| then declared that only an extremely
careful operation could save the
mans life, and that even this was u
matter Of grave speculation The I'M
fortunate nan ded in the operating
room.
Boyer left his home early Wednes-
day night, accompanied by Henry
lSpaulding, aged so years, with whom
he had planned three day fishing
trip. They arrived at Mayfield creek
shortly after day-break and decided
to begin their operations by the use
of a dynamite bomb, composed large
y of GO per cent nitro-glyeerine
compound. Boyer experienced con-
Nderable difficulty in lighting the
fuse, using several matches to no
wall The fuse finally started to
splutter but after a moment seemed
to 80 out. Boyer made brief exami-
nation and although cautioned by his
companion TO be careful. held the
bomb in his hands waiting for devel-
opments. 1t did not explode and
Boyer decided that the fuse had been
sxtlngushed and with the bomb still
N his hand, struck another match.
Vita sudden splutterng, for the
fuse had been getting shorter and
shorter, the bomb exploded, tearing
10th OF Beyer's hands from. his body
vs. clean as though knife had been
lsei. Boyer was thrown into the
areek, and Spaulding was thrown to
the ground several yards away, where
re remained unconscious for what he
says seemed to be an hour" He
recovered in time to see Bever four.
Iering in the water, the blood st'l
curing from his body and colorlng
ne stream for several feet below the
point where the accident occurred.
Unable to swim stroke. Spauldine
reached out over the stream and man
eged to GRASP the drowning mans
clothing, at the same tine calling
loudly for assistance.
Several neighbors soon arrived or
the scene and Drs. Hunt, Sheldon and
Burroughs, of Bodkins Sawmtll. gave
the wounds temporary attention. af.
ter which Frederick Boyer, a brother
OF the injured man, was eommuni-
Gated with and brought the mangIed
form to the local hospital.
The Journey from Mavaela Great
70 Paducah was a terrible one," said
Mr. Eeyer to a News Democrat repre.
sentative last evening. "InsteaJ OF
thirty miles II seemed like hundred
ana every jolt of the wagon brought
TO my mind the intense pain which
my brother mrst have suffered during
the long trip. We left the creek about
o'clock this morning, and were on
the road over ten hours. It would
certainly have been miracle If tn.
rich recovered as aside from his In
jures. he must have been terribly
weakened by the long Journey
The deceased was thirty-eightI
years of age and is survived bv a
VIE AMI two sons, aged four and six
years respectively. Mrs. Boyer could
NOT be reached by telephone last
evening, but was reported TO he
Frustrated BY the accident, as she
mad warned her husband not to use
dynamite. Il just know that you'll
hurt yourself with It," were her last
words 70 him as he started for the
creek and she declares that she felt
premonition of approaching danger