Show Beetle Almost Laid Bryan L Low w RALEIGH N. N C. C JUly 27 AP AlI Al'- Al' I AP-I I f But f for tor r the quick work of surgeons I IUie the Uie obituaries of William Jennings Bryan would have been printed I twenty-nine twenty years ago and they would have carried the date line Une i Raleigh N. N C. C Cr September 26 26 1896 The story Is printed f lr the first I time tine In today's in-today's Raleigh NeWs and i Observer of which JOI Daniels Daniels Dan Dan- secretary of the navy during the Wilson administration is owner Bryan then a youthful demigod of Democracy was swinging through the South In his first campaign for forthe forthe forthe the presidency He spoke to twenty twenty twenty ty thousand people h here re that night and but few noticed the thc sharp convulsion convulsion con con- of pain that overspread his face face as ashe he c concluded or that he slumped toward hIs hs chair Those near near him saw it and s sensed that something was wrong They moved instantly to him and discovered he was unable to speak He was hurriedly removed to his home where an an disclosed disclosed dis dis- closed that with his last Inhalation as he concluded his speech he had sucked slicked into his windpipe an enor- enor us' us us's 1 k lr m beetle It was s sharp-legged sharp night flyer of ot thes the tho s species specie's still to this section sec sec- tion non The presidential lal candidate suffered painful lacerations of his his' throat but he quickly recovered recovered and the next day continued his trl trip throughout the Southern states The press dispatches of ol that night bore no reference to it it but for the timely aid of those close to him he would I have choked to de death deuth th |