Bryan daily eagle and pilot. [volume] (Bryan, Tex.) 1909-1918, 1913-12-15
TWO MEN WERE KILLED BY
LIVE WIRES At A. & NJ. COLLEGE
DEATH STROKE CAUSED BY TELEPHONE WIRE CROSSED
WITH ELECTRIC LIGHT WIRE.
TWO OTHER PERSONS WERE SEVERELY Shocked
The Injured Were Unconscious for Some Time, but Were
Finally Revived and Their Physicians
Say They Will Recover

Mrs. Riggs telephoned Mr.. Suber, the
night watchman.
Suber, Guy Boyett, H. C. Holmes,
farm superintendent, and Robert Nc
MILAN were together at the residence
of C. d. Mcmillan, Suber's father-in-
law and superintendent OF the college
steam plant, when Mrs. Riggs notifi-
cation was received. Together they
hurried to the Riggs residence.
Mr.. Suber and Mr.. Holmes were in
front, while Mcmillan and Boyett
I were close upon their heels. When
they reached the roadway turning into
the lane in front OF Riggs residence
they saw the two huddled forms.
Suber quickened his steps and then
there was sickening sizzling and his
body was thrown clear from the
| ground and across the road, about five
feet. Holmes stopped still, but young
| Boyett pushed his way on. Before Mr..
| Holmes could utter word of warning
the boy jumped to one side and the
wire struck him glancing lick
| knocking him to the ground. For a
moment he did not move, and then
| he staggered to his feet and again be-
came entangled in the wire and was
| hurled violently to the ground. Dark
ness made it impossible to see the
wire. and Mr.. Holmes rushed to the
I hospital to summon medical aid and
then to the dairy barn to telephone
the power house to cut off the power
When he picked up the receiver he
received a shock that sent him stag !
gering against the wall He shouted
to neighbors to keep away from tele- |
phones and wires and then summoned |
DIR. Ehlinger, college surgeon.
Mr.. Suber and the negro Easter |
never stirred Students and instruc. |
tors in the engineering electrical de- |
partment worked valiantly to restore /
respiration, but their fight against ,
death was unavailing. Young Boyett |
remained unconscious for thirty min
utes and then came to. The negro |
woman regained her senses in about I
twenty minutes after she received the
shock.
Boyett was hastened to the college
hospital and this morning he was feel
ing all right. He has a painful burn
across the left side of his head where
the wires struck him.
The negro woman's injuries are not
only very painful, but will be months
in healing, as the burn across her
thigh is deep. She is left without
money and will be unable to work for
months.
J. H. Suber had been in the employ
of the college as night watchman since
the latter part of September. Prior to
that time he had worked as a sales.
man for the Cudahy Packing Company
at Navasota. Soon after his marriage
to Miss Annie Lucille Mcmillan OF Col
lege he began planning to obtain en-
ployment at the college in order that
his wife might be near her parents.
They were married on June 8, 1918.
Suber was born and reared near
College and was the son Of ]. Fl. Su-
Der, deceased. Mrs. Suber lives near
Bryan now. In addition to his mother
he is survived by Mrs. Bert Adams of
Oakwood, Misses Corrie, Lizzie and
Birdie. sisters, and by his brothers,
Eugene Suber OF Brownwood, John
Suber of Oakwood and Ross, Tom and
Milton Suber, who live with their
mother. He was 80 years Of age. Mrs.
Adams has arrived and the other rela.
tives have been notified. The funeral
arrangements have peen completed
for Mr. Suber and the obsequies will
be held tomorrow morning at 10
o'clock. from the residence of C. D.
Mcmillan at the college. Interment
in the city cemetery.
Mrs. Suber was rendered hystericaf
with grief over the death of her hus-
band. but this morning had fallen
asleep.
Mr.. Suber was educated at the pub
liz schools of this city and at the A.
O. n Nj.