| Show AND WHAT ABOUT THIS ONE we are indebted to elder peter mckellar who is I 1 laboring in in west Vs va on a mission for the following interesting article of news editor charleston west va jan 4 james L smith 28 short order cook was certain he would shuffle this mortal coil but he failed equipped with a number of death dealine instruments smith went to the virginia street bridge across elk river tired of life and he admitted it he could find no work and was destitute he saturated his clothing with gasoline and tied asdall rope to one of the steel supports of the bridge the other end he tied around his neck and took his position on a narrow railing lighting a piece of paper at his feet smith figured he would be a burning mass within a in nh H ute with one hand he swallowed a small portion of antimony a dangerous poison with the other he held a 45 automatic As the poison trickled down his throat he shuddered the gun explode i instead of penetrated his brain the bullet went wild and severed the rope around his neck meanwhile Mein while his clothing caught caugh fire the successive shock caused him to lose his balance and he tumbled into elk river a human torch the sudden immersion in the water acted as an antidote to the poison and extinguished the burning clothes As smith came to the surface he was seized with violent convulsions of the stomach ile he vomited the poison being a good swimmer he succeeded in reaching the shore the burns and the poison will not prove fatal physician of st francis hospital said baid the paw pa tient tien twill will be able to leave the hospital within a week they added |
