Weekly journal-miner., 1917-07-04
LIGHT CURRENT IS FATAL ID
 RAY BALL
YOUNG FOUNDRYMAN IS FOUND DEAD ON IRON STAGING, HIS H AN D ASPING DEFECTIVE ELECTRIC SOCKET.
(From Sundays Daily)

Ray NJ. Ball, aged 2o, a cupola ten der at the Prescott Foundry, was killed, probably instantly yesterday afternoon, when he grasped the socket of an electric light and re- ceived through his body charge of electricity. For perhaps an hour, he lay on the iron floor of the staging on which he worked, grasping the defective socket in his left hand, until part of the hand was burned away.
 Robin Ahlrich, the young son of the manager of the foundry, discover, cd the body at about 3:l5. He tore away the cord and called for help. Within few moments, R. B. Ball, the father of the unfortunate young man had arrived and was gazing on the face of the last of his family to be taken from him, his wife having died but few years ago. Mir. Ball was terribly affected The crowd Of workmen, members of the coroner's jury and others, were frankly on the verge of tears at sight of the fathers grief.
 Justice of the Peace McLane form cd jury, consisting of Messrs. E. J. Dillon, E. K. Stauffcr, Wm. Lawler, ]. w. Love, C. A. French and Lester Ruffncr, and held an inquest on the spot. The verdict was accidental death by electrocution. It was found that the iron plate on which young Ball was standing, was grounded, forming a complete circuit, through which the entire voltage of the cleo tric light system ran.
 According to Manager II. r. Ahl- rich, Ball had gone up on the staging to inspect the cupola. There was an extension cord provided, so that the inspector could light the interior of the cupola. Ball had grasped the socket, while standing on the iron floor, and had probably dropped in stantly, for he uttered no cry thai was heard by the half score of work CTS below, nor did anyone hear him fall.
 Young Ahlrich believes that he saw Ball around o'clock, but others held that he had gone aloft at about 2:3O. The burned condition of his hand seems to show that he had lain for some time, grasping the deadly brass socket. Coroner McLane stated that rigor mortis had set in at 3:30, when he examined the body.
 Summoned by Ahlrich, employees of the foundry lifted the body on to the elevator and brought it to the ground floor, where they opened the shirt and dashed cold water over the chest, not believing it possible that life was extinct. Dr. Looney was called immediately, and it took but d Cul SOlg GNdlililidtiOii iO SiiON Niiha none of the methods of resuscitation commonly practiced on persons who have been burned by electricity, would be of any avail in this case.
 The father of the unfortunate young man stated that the body will be sent to Waterloo, Iowa, for burial in the family plot. The elder Ball is an employc of Hcndcy's garage.
 ]. F. Cornell, manager of the power plant, said yesterday that in some rare instances, the current of 10 volts used for lighting purposes had proven fatal, but in nearly all cases, weak heart had contributed to the result Ball was an exceedingly well built young man. and it is hard to believe that his big frame concealed a weak heart Another theory is that he fell flat from the first shock, striking his head and rendering him unconscious. and that the full effect of the current passing through his inert body into the metal flooring, gradually over powered the vital spark.
 Ball had just joined the Odd Eel lows. He was well known and well