Rensselaer Republican, Volume 26, Number 24, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 8 February 1894 — THE FATE OF A PRACTICAL JOKER. [ARTICLE]

THE FATE OF A PRACTICAL JOKER.

Mr. Leah Tried to Frighten HU XVlfo bat Dislocated HU Neck. A case of what might be termed accidental suicide was reported to tho coroner, of Toledo, Sunday morning. Frederick Leab. of 1288 Erie street, thought to frighten his wife on her return from church, and, fastening a clothes lino to a nail in the wall, put a loose coil about hi? neck. In some manner ho tripped, and, the ropo pulling taut, his neck was dislocated in the fall and death was instantaneos.