A Living Death.

Waikato Times, Volume XXIII, Issue 1893, 23 August 1884, Page 5 (Supplement)

A Living Death.

A HoiraißLE discovery was made one morn* ing recently in a box-car on the C. N. 0. and T. P. Eailway. The car wa3 what is known as a boarding-car, used for section men, and had been side-tracked for several weeks in the yard at Ludlow. Ky. It was locked, and an employe had reason to open it, when he was nearly overwhelmed by a horrible stench issuing from the inside. Investigation discovered a negro, who was still alive, but whose feet and legs were literally decomposed. Medical assistance was at once summoned, but a careful investigation was for the time impossible. The sufferer told the following story : — He entered the oar one sight several weeks ago to sleep, and while there was accidentally locked in. The weather was very cold, and he froze both legs, and thus lay for two whole weeks in a ghastly condition, his legs slowly lotting away, and still he was unable to secure his release. He had a chunk of meat, which he gnawed at intervals, and thus managed to keep himself alive. The man was still consoions mien founfl. He wag removed by train fro Cincinmtftl tor trefttmenfri — Cindnnatii Gomwrct&l Gazette,