The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1911-01-11
Kills Nan arf lis Exo Dogs Which
Try to Rssere Him Frsn Il.
TIE DEADLY CURRENT
A Crowd 0, One Thousand People
Stand Ii-ornd poseric-s TO Aid the
Unfortunate Victim. Whose BODY
1. Kcco-c-e3 by an Cndertaker
Wearing Runser G!o.e~-
Wearing Run.er G!ose~-

when Gto-anr: D'Amel:o. ooa7
u,as-.-er, of No. !27 Main street.
ruIo. Hn.. y. J.. anishet his days
work ou horse &s Thirteenth
street ard West New York avenue.
IA: ,ow0sh,?. a; s o'c;cck last night,
tao co,i!Gs. bis constant companions.
sc, npe1ed down Thirteenth street
ahead OF him. But D'Amelio. owing
10 ;S- rc.n, ,:.ierr,!nea TO walk hone
.hr e shc-. .N"'. ..h;ce ;cof I'm
along kc.geaiia- avenue. sad Wills
Fled 20 ;ae aoEs-
They obey"t reluctantly. and
seemed to plead w:t5 aim 20 taxa
the ole way home. One OF therr
:ugsed s; bis trouser. ies. AZ tho1xh
10 persuade tic master 20 :sce ao7rt
But D'Amr::o .Dcke sharply 20 s's
pets, who With banging aesds sos-
lowed at his heels.
AS D'Anelio passed urder an cleo
THE Hight at Ninth strees and Ber-
senNne avenue, secondary feed
wire snapped and fell. When the
end came IN contact with the s:te-
walk. yellow.sa sparks shot out
D'Anei.c turned ct the sound and
the does covered. wh!mpeT.ng with
fear.
A WORT Of encouragement to the
c-orchtn- en,Ta;s was IN NE ran's
lips aec the wire sSuns toward
D'Amel:o. who raised bis arms 70
guard himself The next instant tho
heavily charged wire began ceiling
:cself around his body.
AS tie wire wound D'Amel.o IN tt
fatal embrace. the end whipping in
IN ever shortening circle. Kissed and
spit forth sparks and never ending
s.reaa-7ot n.c. whose colors were
changing continual'r from sree1ish
red to blue. yellow to purple. Then
the wire become tau. and flung tho
man to ths ground. where he lay
wrtth;nE.
All thss hai taken about ten min
ute%. ard when the dogs saw their
master twisting and tuning oa the
Sidewalk one os them. with ! sharp
bark. rushed toward him. The ar!-
ma! se!zoa one 0, the coils IN ito
.ee.h AZ If 20 rend II. Then. With
v"lp OF paia. /: dropped dead. Do
spite the tate Of it, mate the other
dog dashed TO the resere. It. toe.
--a5had one OF the deadly rings IN
is terss Death came instantly.
Meanwhile abou; one tAousane
:,@rsons. men and women. had gath
cred. None dared 20 attempt 20 ,e-
Lease D'AmeMo After he had h~en
dragged 70 the sidewalk the coils be-
cam. rad hot. then turned to white
heat. Ali the time Kissing flames
s5os from the twisting end. When
he ter-or-strtckea spectators re-
ai;zed they bad seen man and Ills
tso dogs eiect-ocu:ed before their
eves Tho. became aor-!fed. Women
screamed. and aaay were led away
aa!f Ia.Ctag.
Some one te!ephoned the police
an,' Capt yl.!'s,nann. With SerSts,
, 3cue- and Wallace and Patroltnan
Wallace. soon appeared. They we're
AZ powS-lesa 70 lead aid as the 9th
ers Then an ambulance was called
rom Shar2's Undertaking SHOP and
the driver. Charles Darke. was told
70 fetch rubber gloves and pair OF
~ire cutters when he arrived be
prt on the gloves and cot tie wiro.
r.h:ch few into tie ar. Is eery tall
s..ii pi,t!ng sparks.
D.Amelto was hc-:.ed to the North
Hudson Hospital The doctors SAID
ae had d!>d within .ew ginutee
, 1t,er the ~ire co!!et itself around
him. !!e caves witow and three
children, TIE oldest s"e ye:-. 0: age.