Evening capital and Maryland gazette. (Annapolis, Md.) 1910-1922, 1918-09-05
MISS SOpHY SELLMAN
KILLED BY A HORSE;
DRAGGED HALF A NILE
Well Known Lady Of Davidson.
vile Meets Tragic Death At
Her Home, Clifton
BODY FOUND BY HER
SISTER, MISS LUCY
Head Crushed Neck And Arm
Broken And Body Horribly
Mangled

A tragedy that has shocked the
community in which she lived, as well
as her wide circle of friends in An
napolis. was that in which the VIC
tim was Miss Sophy Sellman, young
est daughter of the late John Henry
and Sophia Sellman, who was killed
by a pet family horse at her home,
Clifton near Davidsonville, about
$50 o'clock yesterday afternoon.
Miss Sophy. as she was Familiarity
known to her many friends, had, with
her sister, Miss Lucinda Sellman. just
returned from a cooking demonstra-
ton at the Parish Hall, Dayidsonville.
When the two sister arrived, Miss
Lucy went to, the house to look after
supper and Miss Sophy went to the
barn to unhitch the horse and lead
him to pasture 1t is supposed she
tied the horse to her wrist by a line
and attempted to remove the harness,
when the horse bolted and pulled her
down, dragging her for a distance OF
half a mile, where her lifeless body
was discovered short time after by
her only sister and her constant COM
panion, with whom she lived.
Miss Sophy must have been dragged
at least half mile through the stock
yard and pasture. When the body was
found the neck was broken, the head
crushed. an arm broken and the body
horribly mangled.
The first intimation of anything
wrong was given by Miss Lydia Sell
man. a cousin from Baltimore, who is
visiting Clifton" who, with another
cousin, Miss Lucy Harrison, were
seated on the porch. Miss Lydia heard
Miss Sophy scream and went to look
for her, but could not find her. She
told Miss Lucy, who rushed out to find
what had befallen her sister. She met
a little colored boy, who must have
been an eye witness to the accident,
but was too afraid to give the alarm.
She asked him if he had seen Miss
Sophy. He replied he saw something
white lying in the field. Miss Lucy
rushed on, first finding her sisters
shoes, then her hat, in the stockyard,
then farther on her sisters lifeless
body lying in the field. The horse had
broken away and was standing as
self-incriminating evidence of the
tragedy of which he had been the
cause.
The horse, Arundel" had always
been fractions animal. and had fre-
quently caused trouble. running away
when the sister attempted to harness
him, and no one but they seemed able
to drive him. A much gentler horse
owned by them had been sold some lit
tie while ago.
Miss Sellman is survived by one sis
ter, with whom she lived, Miss
Lucinda Sellman, and brother, Mr..
Harry Sellman, of Boston, Mass, a
leather merchant She was a cousin
of Mr.. Frank HI. Stockett, a we'll
known attorney of this city, and the
Misses Mamie, Minnie and Ellie Stock
EFT and Mrs. julius Hall, this city, and
Mr.. Noble Stockett, of Baltimore. She
was member of All Hallow's Church
at Davidsonville, and an earnest
worker in the parish. The church
some few years ago celebrated the
225th anniversary of its founding, and
in all that time there has always been
member of the Stockett family wor-
shipping there, the victim of the acci-
dent and her sister being the last.
The deceased was The Capitals
Davidsonville correspondent. She was
faithful Red Cross worker, and was
noted for her CHEEKY. amiable dispo-
sition, always spreading sunshine and
good cheer wherever she went.
The funeral arrangements have not
been completed. but await the arrival
of her brother from Boston.