Eureka Reporter | 1905-08-11 | Page 4 | Human Neck Easily Broken

human neck easily broken speaking of curious accidents by which persons lose their lives the man who fell out of bed and broke his neck while presenting nary case in some respects will scarce ly attract more than passing notice said a thoughtful man tor there have been many cases equally remarkable men are frequently killed by very I 1 recall one case where a man s neck was broken by a very slight turn ot his foot he attempted to catch himself that Is to preserve bis balance and the effort was of such violence that he broke his neck many men have broken their necks by a sudden stumble and a fall on the j sidewalk or by being knocked down aby some hurrying pedestrian or by a street car or a vehicle of some sort it Is not at all uncommon tor a policeman with no intention of doing more than to subdue an unruly member to break an offenders neck by rapping him over the head with his club sometimes the fall which follows and I 1 sometimes the blow breaks the neck of the offender sometimes a violent motion of the head a quick jerking motion the kind we make when dodging will break the neck I 1 recall an amusing case where a man threw his neck out of joint without breaking it by turning his head to one side in an effort to dodge a bullet fired at him at short range the bullet passed through the rim of bis hat ever after that he carried his head over the right shoulder and was never able to straighten it the heck Is easily broken as a matter of tact and the wonder to me Is that more men are not killed in this way now sinco we are kept twisting dodging ducking and cutting other more or less violent capers new orleans times bemo crat