Evening Republican, Volume 17, Number 161, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 8 July 1913 — WILLIAM TELL IS OUTDONE [ARTICLE]

WILLIAM TELL IS OUTDONE

Insane Voyager Tries to Bhoot Cigarette Out of Mouth of Jamaican Negro. New York. —When the steamer Oruba was nearing Cartagena. Colombia. John George Cunningham of Southampton, a first cabin passenger, forced a Jamaican negro to stand ten yards away wbile be attempted to shoot a cigarette out of bis month. Cunningham fired six shots before tbe noise brought Chief Officer Green to tbe scene. ' ... Green tripped Cunningham up, but it took four sailors to lash his bands and feet and carry him to the hospital, where Dr. Morton declared the man was Insane from alcohol. Cunningham was put ashore at Colon in a straitjacket.