Signed his will with blood
Novi, Mich., Dec 31.
Sumner Bathrick, the farmer who was shot by his son Thursday night in the course
of a Quarrel, died Friday after a night of terrible suffering. Before dying he made out
his will and signed it with his own blood. "Gay", his son, was taken to the county
jail at Pontiac, where he would be safe from the crowd that had threatened to lynch him.
Mansfield Daily Shield. Mansfield Ohio, January 1, 1893
Novi, Mich., Dec 31.
Sumner Bathrick, the farmer who was shot by his son Thursday night in the course
of a Quarrel, died Friday after a night of terrible suffering. Before dying he made out
his will and signed it with his own blood. "Gay", his son, was taken to the county
jail at Pontiac, where he would be safe from the crowd that had threatened to lynch him.
Mansfield Daily Shield. Mansfield Ohio, January 1, 1893
Signed his will with blood
Novi, Mich., Dec 31.
Sumner Bathrick, the farmer who was shot by his son Thursday night in the course
of a Quarrel, died Friday after a night of terrible suffering. Before dying he made out
his will and signed it with his own blood. "Gay", his son, was taken to the county
jail at Pontiac, where he would be safe from the crowd that had threatened to lynch him.
Mansfield Daily Shield. Mansfield Ohio, January 1, 1893
Novi, Mich., Dec 31.
Sumner Bathrick, the farmer who was shot by his son Thursday night in the course
of a Quarrel, died Friday after a night of terrible suffering. Before dying he made out
his will and signed it with his own blood. "Gay", his son, was taken to the county
jail at Pontiac, where he would be safe from the crowd that had threatened to lynch him.
Mansfield Daily Shield. Mansfield Ohio, January 1, 1893
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