Salt Lake Telegram | 1930-10-24 | Page 23 | Radio Mechanic Killed by Shock

RADIO MECHANIC BY SHOCK J. J 1 SA- SA SAX SAN ANTONIO Tex Oct 24 4 AP The AP-The The voltage that sent a a. radio broadcast through the air took the life liCe of or Lemoyne B. B Cornelius station station station sta sta- sta- sta tion technician of ot as he supervised tho the transmission sion on top of ot tho the Blue Bonnet hotel here to to- to day A. A S. S Bessan announcer working In the studio on the second floor loor o of the hotel went to tho the operating room when advised that the tho program pro pro- tam gram was not on the air and found C Cornelius Cornelius' body bolly slumped In a chair Investigators found a wire carrying carry carry- in ing volts a few inches from Cram Cornelius Cornelius' Imn hands s. s It was believed tho technician was working with the thc mechanism trying to eliminate an in unnatural buzz In the tho broadcasting when he was e electrocuted