Democratic Sentinel, Volume 22, Number 23, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 18 June 1898 — Won His Bet and Died. [ARTICLE]

Won His Bet and Died.

In a bar-room at Matawan, N J:, the other night John Barney Vanpelt made a bet that he could drink as much Jersey apple whisky as any other man in the house could drink beer. He won his wager by drinking two quarts and a pint of the whisky, and then died.