DEATH MYSTETCY.
NEW YORK, April 22. The deatli in peculiar eircuinstnnces of Hr Ogden T. IMeClurg, the Chicago millionaire publisher, 'is believed by the superstitious to he The result of an ancient Maya spell and to point to the theory that there are curses other than that said to linger about Tut-ank'h Anieu’s tomb.
He was found early yesterday in a ditch on the outskirts of Elmhurst (Illinois) with his head bowed and his feet and legs immersed in the water of the ditch. A motor-car rug was over his head and shoulders. When assisted out of the ditch ho moaned. “ I’m so ill, so ill.” On the way to ihc hospital he lost consciousness and later died.
8b far as is known ho was in perfect health.
Mr McClnrg was the navigator of tho recent Mason Spinden expedition to unknown Yucatan in Central America, where it is said that the ancient Maya people, like those of ancient Egypt, invested tho tombs of their illustrious dead with subtle poisons, weird curses, and mighty spells that bring death to adventurers who invade their restingplaces.
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Hokitika Guardian, 2 June 1926, Page 1
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183DEATH MYSTETCY. Hokitika Guardian, 2 June 1926, Page 1
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