Miscellany: Oct. 6, 1930

Twins

At Chicago, five years ago Herman Jackson took a wife. So did his twin brother Albert. A year ago Herman left his wife. So did Albert. Herman married again without divorce. So did Albert. Last week Herman was arrested for bigamy. So was Albert.

Lightning

At Woolston, England, lightning entered a metal support in Emily Sophie Sudlow's corset, killed her.

Squirt

At Kingston, Ont, a boy named Cronk loaded his water pistol with ammonia, squirted it through a keyhole. A boy named Lord who was peeking in lost an eye. The Lords sued the Cronks for $10,000.

Indecision

At Chicago, Frank Seidler, 31, went out on a Lake Michigan pier to drown himself, but decided not to when he felt how cold the water was. On his way back to land he fell off the pier. A policeman rescued him. Seidler was grateful.

Sweat

At Crane, Mo., mourners held up a funeral procession when they saw beads of sweat on the unembalmed corpse's forehead. A physician applied restoratives vainly, finally pronounced Mrs. Archie Dunnegan dead a second time. The funeral continued.

Fine

At Richmond, Ind., Mrs. Margaret Johnson, 17, made $235 in a crap game before she was arrested. Her fine was $15.

Hungry

At Kansas City, Mo., J. B. McComas, night watchman in Commerce Trust Co., jumped on a prowling figure, discovered his captive was a hungry lo-yr.-old runaway who had squeezed through the bank's window bars in search of food.

Poison

In Los Angeles, Mr. and Mrs. Robert Lowe, jobless, cooked what little food they had, told their three oldest children to skimp, skimped themselves so that their three youngest would have plenty. Next day the three youngest died of poisoning, another was ill.

Loafer

At Bethalto, 111., George Kabel, 8y-year-old farmer, estimated that he had threshed enough wheat in his lifetime to make 118,-320,000 loaves of bread.

Peeler

At Adel, Iowa, Mrs. Samantha Burns died in the Dallas County Home where she had peeled a bushel and a half of potatoes daily for 35 years, equivalent to 32 car-load's.