The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1912-12-13
STRANGE DEATH
 OF TWIN BOYS
ParaIyzed at the Same Time in Early BoyhOod, the Disease Makes the Same Progress i'll Both and the Twins Contract Pneumonia

stephen Yelinek, paralyfic son of sIr and Mrs Louis Yelinek of West srsringheld, Mass, was taken fatally ns yesterday noon just the mourn srs were assembling at his home for
 Se last rites of his twin brother, Emil, with whom he had shared nine Fears of sickness The twins had zone through life almost one, each heflectang the other, even in mere Ehirns Of temperament. There seems 10 have been one long defiance of nat aral laws, for their long sickness has Da.ff1ed noted men of medicine. The Rarriages of the mourners were turned fway just as the service for EEnli was Do begin, and the body of his twin | brother was carried upstairs to be placed alongside his brother, where p fhich hsrve been sent by the deep kstInpa tf1fzers of the parents
 3orn IT years ago day after tomor- 10 r Emil and Stephen were strong ls children and continued in good hes lth until about their seventh year Almost in1percepdbly they began 70 yea ken till strength slowly left their legs They were so much alike that pne always wore a ribbon so as to make It possible even for their broth Es and sisters to d1Sslnsu,sn isg14 ,snr one ae kge they entered the first grade of khe Meadow street school, and were hbae to walk the short distance to ana from the school, though with some Eifhculty Slowly, as though life was being gradually drained off, they lost strength in their legs till finally they erawn bv one of their brothers in light express wagon. But the strug- gle was too hard, and after six months they gave up school and were glven expert treatment in a well known Epringa6ld sanitarium. The most ex- pert medical attention of the otfy, however, could not stop the disease, knd sw;hen the twins were returned to bhefr home the disease had mounted tin the lower part of their bodies was entirely paralyzed. Slowly the help tessness crept upward until they had the use of their forNearns only.
 And So for nearly nine years the twins have lived together, their bod les practicable lifeleas Every day xf1ee1-cha1rs, and taken out by their family into the open air, and every one in the neighborhood felt not only them Their minds were not in the least affected and they were always gay and cheery; almost never com siorrally they became angry at each ptter but would be able to express their feeaings in action only by bump ing each other with their heads, after which the storm would quickly van ish- Those who passed the house al most always stopped for a word with them, ana were apC to ISC6lPe fhan they expected in their repartee. At night each slept with another of the brothers. who would wake several dimes during zae-sI1igf1t and move the twin into another position so. that he would not become wearied and sore
 About six months ago the family Ealled in a medical chemist, who gave them an external treatment on the theory of absorption for a congestion of ciTcula,tdon in the spinal cord, which prevented nIrtrinent from circulating through the nerve centerS, and the boys were showing good improvement A week ago Tuesday, however, Emil contracted pneumonia, and stephen came down with it on the next day. Emil, who was considerably the weak er sank rapidly, and passed away. But stephen was not considered fla tally sick. Though not showing it openly, he grieved deeply for his twin. Hut he insisted on leaving his bed, a s he felt keen desire to live.
 At 1 o'clock yesterday, when the friends were arriving for the funeral services of his twin, Stephen seemed well He had asked if he were going pressed a fear of death. Suddenly, as dhe carriages were stopping at the door he asked one of his brothers for some water and then begged them to fan him Suddenly seized with a violent illness, he repeated that he would be all right; but inside of five minutes he was dead His body was brother. and the mourners were met at the door with the sad news of a sec oud death. The double funeral will be held at the home tomorrow at two o'clock burial following in the White church cemetery.