The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1910-07-05
TRAGEDY ON SPRING FORK.
SEVEN-YFAR OLD DAVIS BOY ACCIDENTALLY
KILLED.

Little George Davis, the seven
year old son of Mr.. and Mrs. Jeff
Davis, met with an accident
Thursday evening which caused
his death. The boy was in the
corn field with his uncle Irwin
Jones, his elder brother Albert
Davis, and a young man by the
name of Selmon. He was
playing with a large sharp hoe,
in a ravine, at the end of the
corn rows, and had dug steps up
the banks of the ravine. After
finishing his play in this respect,
he began vaulting across the ra-
vine, using the hoe handle for a
vaulting pole. This he had done
several times, and was cautioned
to stop it by his uncle, but paying
no attention to the warning he
tried it again, and in some man
ner lost his hold on the hoe,
which fell against the bank on
the opposite side from him with
the hoe blade pointing at him.
and the boy pitched head fore
most, his head striking against
the blade of the hoe, cutting a
cash about tq'o inches long clean
through the skull. Those near
est him in the field hurried to
the boy and rendered what as
sistance they could, but the
wound was too severe, and death
resulted in less than fifteen min
utes. the rumor got into circu-
lation some way, that the elder
Davis boy had struck his little
brother. Whereupon Assistant
States Attorney S. p. Bell i'm
mediately went upon the Scene,
and congregated Coroner Squire
w. H. Jackson, and jury to
make investigation into the
tragedy. After a thorough in
vestigation had been made and
all the facts in the case ascer-
tanned, the jury quickly render
ed a verdict of accidental death.
Wearing a red necktie and a
broad smile was a good start for
Mr.. Taft, but he ought to put on
canvas shoes and light flannel
trousers also if!he wants to figure
as the real vacation kid.
DR.. B. c. Hyde, convicted on
May 16 last of poisoning Col.
Thomas H. Swope, the million
aire philanthropist, was denied
a new trial by Judge Ralph S.
Latshaw in the Criminal Court at
Kansas City.
A Kentucky farmer who killed
a fox that was prowling through
his barnyard claims TO have dis
covered afterwards that it was a
pet animal which disappeared
thirty one years before. And he
lives in a dry" county, too.
Weston, : w. Va. June 20. -
While asleep on the railroad
track near this city Arden Mitch
ell, aged II, and Ula Greinolds,
aged Is, both of Weston, were
run over by a B. & O. freight
train and killed.
Saylersville, Ky. June 20. ~
Caught by the raging waters of
Licking river SWOLLEN by recent
rains and a cloudburst early this
morning, seven persons were
drowned and many others are re-
ported missing, including three
entire families.
Rev. c. +. Burns, of Calhoun
county, preached in the Baptist
church Sunday and Monday even
ing to good sized audiences and
his sermons, we understand.
were powerful ones; this young
man ought to develop into a
great preacher; his father, the
late William Burns; was one of
the greatest preachers i'm the
Little KanaV ha Valley, while his
mother who was a Stump, comes
from a family of preachers.
|G. w Hays ard son +. l.. Hays
passed through town on Tuesday
on their way from Calhoun coun-
, ty to Parkersburg. Mr. Hays
has just been nominated for