Jasper County Democrat, Volume 12, Number 39, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 28 August 1909 — LIGHTNING KILLS BALLPLAYER [ARTICLE]

LIGHTNING KILLS BALLPLAYER

Strikes Ground and Runs Through Shoe Spikes Into Body. Atlantic' City, N. J., Aug. 27.—1 n full view of nearly one thousand persons, William Bedford, colored, of Cairo, 111., second baseman of the Cuban Giants baseball team, was instantly killed by lightning during practice before the game with Atlantic City. The bolt struck the ground close to the ballplayer and ran through the spikes of his shoes and into his body.