Show RINGS AND ELECTRICITY t rp l A Combination That Gave a Denver Woman a Start ing Shock The diamond iamond enga engagement m nt t and plain plain- band Wedding rings o on the the third finger of the he left h hand tid nd of Mrs l Clara Banker Banker- formed the connecting link of ot a complete complete com corn pleto circuit for tor an electrical current yesterday morning when she attempted to turn off an incandescent Dt light and alm almost st caused her deathS death by tion Although she escaped d with her life through a wOl of feminine presence of mind ming her lefthand lefthand left lefthand hand was very ba badly Iy burned by the fhe c current and a large flesh torn from the inside of he little finger Mrs Banker Js s the wife of L. L E. E I Banker manager pf pt the Gano company company com corn comI I pany and resideS reside at No 2205 East Colfax Colfax Col- Col fax avenue When Mrs 1 Banker attempted to grasp th button t to t turn turn off rt the light the rings ring came Iii in contact with the brass casings surrounding the upper part of the the tha In a ti instant she felt the he effects 0 current nt and when she she t J-t jerk k her hand away she found sh could not remove It She attempted attempted- to pull her right hand to jerk with but was ful By th that t timO Mrs B Banker Baner says her her entire left side began to grow numb and she threw v heI herself elf backward with all her force torce The sudden jerk released her hand from the incandescent incandescent cent light fixture and nd broke the cur cur- rent Mrs Banker threw herself with such force that she fell against the door two feet teet behind her cracking one of the panels The effect of the current going through the womans woman's body almost completely unnerved her and for for several several sev soy eral hours she required constant attention atten atten- tion When she jerked her hand from the light fixture p a large piece of from the inside of the little finger was torn away The other fingers and palm of the hand were b badly burned the flesh looking as though it had been cooked g w With carbolic acid ll acid Rocky c r Mountain ln News 1 |