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Show ROASTED HIMSELF ALIVE. Horrible Suicide of a Sailor Crazed Over Religion. James Johnson, second mate of the schooner Stimson, 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 Hames were discovered In time-Religious time-Religious fanaticism is given as the cause. |