Evening Republican, Volume 23, Number 256, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 26 October 1920 — SMOKING KILLS INDIAN AT 138 [ARTICLE]

SMOKING KILLS INDIAN AT 138

Sparks From Pipe Ignite Clothing of Philip Lefthand—Dies in Sierra Nevada Mountains. Bakersfield, Cal., Oct. 25.—Philip Lefthand, a Digger Indian, who claimed he was 138 years old, is dead, but not of old age. Sparks from his pipe ignited his clothing and caused burns, to which he succumbed at bls t trtt)al home far up in the Sierra Ne rvada mountains.