STRUCK DEAD.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume 2, Issue 251, 29 August 1879, Page 2

STRUCK DEAD.

One of the most terrible instances of a scoffer struck down in the moment of his blasphemy was revealed before Mr Carter in the Rose and Crown tavern, East-street Lambeth walk, recently. The deceased was an engineer, named Thomas Hudson, aged 67, who resided at No. 24 Saunders street, Lambeth, and had beeen employed at Messrs Moudslay's for twenty-five years He returned home at 5.15 o'clock on Thursday evening, and asked his daughter-in-law to get him an egg from the fowl house. On proceeding into the yard ho became frightfully excited, and after useiiig a frightful oath in reference to his death, he ran into the parlor, vomited blood, and fell dead in the arms of a fcmalp who had been nursing his daughter. Mrs Fall stated that deceased did not say " God strike me dead," but he used words of a similar character. The jury found a verdict of " death from excitement," and the coroner's experience enabled him to narrate a parallel case. A number of persons had assembled in a tavern at Putney, when a man charged another with taking from him twopence The man after being accused said; " may God strike me dead if I did it," he immediately after fell dead. On being picked up, the missing twopence was found firmly clutched in the deceased's right hand. He would strongly advise men against taking such oaths. —Loyd'a Hews.