Salt Lake Telegram | 1908-03-13 | Page 1 | Electrocuted before His Wife's Eyes

BEFORE HIS MN WIS YES EYES f feNS URNS eNS ON LIGHT S AND IS s INSTANTLY tid Id Rigid nd in St I Position Poston b by Terrific Force orce of Short ed Current While fingers of ORe One r Hand Are Off SEATTLE Wash March 13 W. W. W L. L Abrams credit I to of National Grocery company was killed by elec- elec city iy in his home last night A storm was in progress 1 I a street car became short-circuited short in front of hi his Use ise e. e After standing at the window with his wife watch watch- the the electrical display for a moment he turned on thEaric the aric c light with one hand and with the other reached the tea kettle which was on the kitchen stove As h he hed the kettle he was stricken dead He remained ding with arms outstretched and the fingers of one j id were burned away by the current which seems to tc toe fo e 6 come from the trolley wire wire