DUNCAN ANDREW

OBIT

MAY 8 , 1902

TRANSCRIBED BY : TINA EASLEY

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PLANK THROUGH HIS BODY

DUNCAN ANDREWS , AGE 28 A SAW MILL EMPLOYEE AT KEDROH , SIX MILES SOUTH OF PINE BLUFF , MET A HORRIBLE DEATH YESTERDAY WHILE WORKING AT A PLANER . A PLANK THREE FEET LONG ONE INCH THICK AND FOUR INCHES WIDE WAS RUN THROUGH HIS BODY , ENTIRELY PENETRATING HIS ABDOMEN AND COMING OUT TWO INCHES AT HIS BACK . ANDREW DIED IN HORRIBLE AGONY . HE HAD BEEN MARRIED JUST THREE MONTHS.