Rensselaer Gazette, Volume 2, Number 15, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 11 August 1858 — The “Ginevra” Catastrophe Repeated. [ARTICLE]

The “Ginevra” Catastrophe Repeated.

The unfortunate death of the Italian bride who, in a frolic, s hut herself up in an old box, the lid of which fell down and fastened her in, keeping her a prisoner till death released her, and holding her bones till years -afterward, undiscovered, has recently been paralleled in Brooklyn, as w.e see ,by the New York Herald of Tuesday: “Yesterdav Coroner Redding hefd an inquest upon a lad named George Prickner, aged nine years, residing with his parents ■on D vison Avenue, near Myrtle, who came to his death in the following manner:—On Friday last his mother directed him to wash the dishes, and she went to a neighbor’s for the purpose of doing some work. The boy did as he was directed to do, and then, playing with other boys, received a penny from j one of them, with the request that he should buy a stick of candy to divide between them. As soon as he got the penny he ran into the house, and ascending the stairs, jumped into a large chest which was standing in the garret. The dies* was provided with a lock which became fastened on the closing of the lid; and the boy having, doubtless, pulled it down to escape from the observation of his j pursuer, was unable to raise it, and remained there until he died. The other boy being unable to find him, went away. After the mother got home search was irijide about the neighborhood, but without success. Inquiries were made until Sunday night, when the attention of the 'occupants was attracted by an offensive smell, which was traced to the large chest*. On opening it the body ol the boy in an advanced state of putrefaction was found. The Coroners jury rendered a verdict of death by suffocation.