Evening Republican, Volume 16, Number 83, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 5 April 1912 — Forfeited Foot as Result Of a Protracted Spree. [ARTICLE]

Forfeited Foot as Result Of a Protracted Spree.

The Delphi Journal tells about the sacrifice a man of that town made to satisfy his depraved appetite for liquor. The man was Orlando Archibald, single, industrious, honest and to some extent thrifty, but a slave to whisky. He would .remain sober for a year or two and then start drinking and keep it up for weeks. He started a spree in February and after a short time he went to his room in a business building, after laying in a big supply of whisky. There was no fire' in the room and no food was taken to him, but for three weeks or more he sustained himself with whisky. He had a flask, at his elbow and he lay on the bed with, his clothes on and drank throughout the day and night. A brother visited him and tried to get him to stop drinking but to no avail. Finally a doctor was called to see him and he found ‘that both,of Archibald’s feet had been frozen while he lay in his room. Gangrene had set in and It was necessary to cut off one foot and two toes of the other. He almost died while under the influence of the anesthetics. He is sober now and penitent but he will be paying the price of his spree the balance of his life.