Democratic Sentinel, Volume 1, Number 38, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 2 November 1877 — Choked by a Beefsteak. [ARTICLE]

Choked by a Beefsteak.

About 7:30 o’clock last evening Patrick Reagan, a stevedore, who had been on a big drunk for several days, and who was then somewhat under the influence of liquor, entered the New York lunchhouse on Front street, between J and K, and called for a beefsteak. When he was served with the food he cut the steak in the middle, put one piece of it into his mouth, and attempted to swallow it whole, but it stuck io his throat

and choked him to death in a very short time The parties in the room did everything in their power to relieve him as soon as they comprehended the situation, and summoned medical assistance without delay. When the doctor arrived. however, the unfortunate man was dead. The surgeon made an incision in the throat and drew from that organ a piece of steak eight inches long and on an average an inch and a half wide.— Sacramento Bee.