Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 171, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 6 August 1917 — IS LOCKED IN REFRIGERATOR [ARTICLE]

IS LOCKED IN REFRIGERATOR

Facing Death in a Sound-Proof Box la Thrilling Experience of Kansas Butcher. Goodland, Kan. —E. W. Sullivan, the butcher, has just had an experience that gave him some idea of what it means to be entombed with little or no prospect of being rescued. He entered his shop, locking the door after him, and then entered the big refrigerator. The door closed and the snap lock shut him up in a temperature of about 32 degrees. The big ice box is straight and sound-proof, so that it was impossible to make enough noise to attract persons passing on the street. A large hook was used to make a hole in the door, but without success, and it was only when Sullivan discovered a cleaver in one corner of the refrigerator that hope was renewed. A hole was cut in the door near the lock and the butcher secured release after an hour’s work.