Singular Death.

Cromwell Argus, Volume I, Issue 34, 6 July 1870, Page 6

Singular Death.

Ono week ago yesterday, Martin Smith, a young man twenty-six years of age, and in the employ of Jacob Conklin, of Westbury, Long Island, was the unfortunate victira£of a sad accident, which terminated fatally. In the morning, after taking Mr Conklin to the cleSpot, Smith, with a fellowworkman, wont into the woods for the purpose of cutting and hauling logs About 3 o’clock p.m. having brought a load to the house, he went in, and it is supposed, in the absence of Mr and Mrs Conklin, commenced romping with the servants, named Bridget and Ann M'Laughan, one of whom was knitting. Either in this way, or, as the young man stated to the physician, as he went to a shelf, on which was some knitting work, to obtain something, a knitting-needle entered his head at the corner of his eye, and below the ball, making not the least mark, drawing no blood, and at the same time causing no pain. As the needle did not enter deep, it gave no trouble to him or those at the house; but, as a matter of precaution, he called upon the doctor, but did not find him, and left word he would see him in the morning. Early the next day the physician saw him, but expected no trouble, as there was no wound to be seen. Tuesday, it is reported, found Smith working in the woods as usual. On Thursday he was delirious, and evidently in a dangerous condition. On the arriv’ifcof the physician, he decided that nothing could save him, and he died at six o’clock that evening. The physician is under the impression that the needle passed through the passage to the nose and pierced the brain. Since his death it has been discovered that at the time of the accident a white fluid was emitted from his nose. No inquest was held, and no post mortem examination made, so that it is difficult to determine the exact cause of his death. The funeral was held on Saturday, and was one of the largest ever attended in that section.

Smith was engaged to. one of the sisters mentioned above, who was so overcome at the funeral that she repeatedly fainted. He was a young man of correct habits and generons impulses, and was generally liked throughout the community. —New York Herald,