Ogden Daily Standard | 1915-08-25 | Page 3 | Killed by Odd Combination

KILLED BY ODD COMBINATION. Matthew Grlssom. solicitor for a life insurance company, was burned to death in a peculiar way He had set a steel trap for a rat, and the night before a neighbor's dog was shut up In the room by accident and was caught in the trap. The dog upset a can of gasoline, saturating the atmosphere atmos-phere of the room with gasoline fumes. About 4 o'clock Grlssom was awakened awak-ened by the cries of the dog, took a light and wont to release him. As he entered the room the fumes of the gasoline became ignited An explosion explos-ion followed, and Grlssom was en-a en-a eloped in the flames which filled tho room, rendering escape impossible Plggot (Ariz ) Dispatch.