Salt Lake Telegram | 1902-11-05 | Page 5 | Baseball Drives Blade into Spectator's Body

BASEBALL DRIVES BLADE INTO SPECTATORS SPECTATOR'S BODY Knife Struck by Batted Bated Sphere Pierces His Heart an and He Dies Without a Groan Morristown three miles from here a nEL BELMONT 0 O. Nov No 5 At At mies spectators many were sitting glUing on an a fence tence game same was In progress and among the 01 near the diamond Among Among those who occupied seats scats eal on the fence was Stanton Walker who was with a party part of oC cons congenial friends frends For some purpose or other Walker alker spoke to a 1 friend who was sas occupying a n seat scat alongside of ot him and asked aske him If Ir he would lend him his penknife The request was granted The penknife with the blade opened was handed to Walker with the blade pointing toward his body Just ns no Walker Volker grasped the knife and before beCore he had time to point th blade In a. a a direction opposite t to that In which It was handed to him a batted bated ball bal struck him on the hand with wih a awful tul force The ball Struck the hand in which the knife knie W was S firmly clasped and apparently apparently enU struck the knife on the tho end of or the handle for or Walkers Walker's alker hand wa was knocked against his breast with wih such that the open blade of ot the knife was driven drive Into his body and penetrated his heart Walker fell feU from th thc the fence and died die without saying a word or giving a Ca gasp p. p Friends rushed to his assistance an and carried his lifeless bod body oft off of the field neld The Tue fatality created Intense excitement Walker alker was a well known known wel-known young ounG man a n i nt ot of Morristown and a son pon rn o or of respectable parents his Ilia Ils father Is a shoemaker The remains have not been bee I Interred I