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Show ROASTED HIMSELF ALIVE. Horrible Suicide of a Sailor Crazed Over Religion. James Johnson, second mate of the schooner Slimsou, which arrived at Ballard, Wash., Wednesday, from San Francisco, wrapped himself in sacks saturated with oil when the vessel was off the Washington coast and crawled in the hold for self-cremation. Lighting Light-ing the oil, he was roasted almost to death before he was discovered, and he died just as the vessel reached port. His act endangered the whole ship, but the llamos were discovered in time. Religious fanaticism is given as the cause. |