Addison Means of Knoxville, the unfortunate man who was burned and frozen in the old jail at Knoxville Saturday night Jan. 10, and whose terrible condition was not discovered until the following Sunday morning, died at St. Mary's Hospital, Galesburg, this morning (Jan 24 1903) after a vain struggle for life. His wife was at his bedside, as were the children and his two brothers there at times.
He was intoxicated on Saturday evening Jan. 10. A good-natured and kind-hearted man when sober, he had a terrible craving for liquer and when drunk, hard to control. He was arrested by the city marshall Saturday night. About midnight he arose and knocked the poorly secured stove full of blazing coals over. His clothes were ignited, and following this, the struggle in which he managed to take off every stitch of his clothes. In his befuddled and exhausted state he lay on the floor for hours. His screams were heard by Mrs. Charles Whiting late Sunday forenoon and she apprised the marshall of it. When the blankets were lifted they discovered he was naked and that he was both burned and frozen. Mrs. Whiting had him carried to her part of the structure and gave him extreme kindness.
He was born 9 Oct 1862 in Warren County, near Cameron, the son of James and Sarah Jane (Lucas) Means. His youth was spent near the old farm home and in August 1884 he married Emily Peterson in Cameron. Following marriage they moved to Ashland, Neb. and returned two years later to Knoxville, where they since resided on a farm just south of the Knoxville city limits.
Survivors include his wife and six children, living at the home place: Roy, Viola, Belle, Pansye May, Frances, and Alta Means. Two brothers and two sisters also survive: George Means of Knoxville, James Means of Abingdon, Mrs. Ida Sickman of Abingdon, and Mrs. Belle Jones of Ord, Neb. One brother Erastus Means and one sister Mrs. Lucy Moore are deceased.
He was at one time member of the Cameron Christian Church. The remains will be taken to Kimber and West parlor. Services will be held at the Knoxville Christian Church, the Rev. David Elson of Abingdon presiding. Burial in the Knoxville Cemetery.
He was intoxicated on Saturday evening Jan. 10. A good-natured and kind-hearted man when sober, he had a terrible craving for liquer and when drunk, hard to control. He was arrested by the city marshall Saturday night. About midnight he arose and knocked the poorly secured stove full of blazing coals over. His clothes were ignited, and following this, the struggle in which he managed to take off every stitch of his clothes. In his befuddled and exhausted state he lay on the floor for hours. His screams were heard by Mrs. Charles Whiting late Sunday forenoon and she apprised the marshall of it. When the blankets were lifted they discovered he was naked and that he was both burned and frozen. Mrs. Whiting had him carried to her part of the structure and gave him extreme kindness.
He was born 9 Oct 1862 in Warren County, near Cameron, the son of James and Sarah Jane (Lucas) Means. His youth was spent near the old farm home and in August 1884 he married Emily Peterson in Cameron. Following marriage they moved to Ashland, Neb. and returned two years later to Knoxville, where they since resided on a farm just south of the Knoxville city limits.
Survivors include his wife and six children, living at the home place: Roy, Viola, Belle, Pansye May, Frances, and Alta Means. Two brothers and two sisters also survive: George Means of Knoxville, James Means of Abingdon, Mrs. Ida Sickman of Abingdon, and Mrs. Belle Jones of Ord, Neb. One brother Erastus Means and one sister Mrs. Lucy Moore are deceased.
He was at one time member of the Cameron Christian Church. The remains will be taken to Kimber and West parlor. Services will be held at the Knoxville Christian Church, the Rev. David Elson of Abingdon presiding. Burial in the Knoxville Cemetery.
Addison Means of Knoxville, the unfortunate man who was burned and frozen in the old jail at Knoxville Saturday night Jan. 10, and whose terrible condition was not discovered until the following Sunday morning, died at St. Mary's Hospital, Galesburg, this morning (Jan 24 1903) after a vain struggle for life. His wife was at his bedside, as were the children and his two brothers there at times.
He was intoxicated on Saturday evening Jan. 10. A good-natured and kind-hearted man when sober, he had a terrible craving for liquer and when drunk, hard to control. He was arrested by the city marshall Saturday night. About midnight he arose and knocked the poorly secured stove full of blazing coals over. His clothes were ignited, and following this, the struggle in which he managed to take off every stitch of his clothes. In his befuddled and exhausted state he lay on the floor for hours. His screams were heard by Mrs. Charles Whiting late Sunday forenoon and she apprised the marshall of it. When the blankets were lifted they discovered he was naked and that he was both burned and frozen. Mrs. Whiting had him carried to her part of the structure and gave him extreme kindness.
He was born 9 Oct 1862 in Warren County, near Cameron, the son of James and Sarah Jane (Lucas) Means. His youth was spent near the old farm home and in August 1884 he married Emily Peterson in Cameron. Following marriage they moved to Ashland, Neb. and returned two years later to Knoxville, where they since resided on a farm just south of the Knoxville city limits.
Survivors include his wife and six children, living at the home place: Roy, Viola, Belle, Pansye May, Frances, and Alta Means. Two brothers and two sisters also survive: George Means of Knoxville, James Means of Abingdon, Mrs. Ida Sickman of Abingdon, and Mrs. Belle Jones of Ord, Neb. One brother Erastus Means and one sister Mrs. Lucy Moore are deceased.
He was at one time member of the Cameron Christian Church. The remains will be taken to Kimber and West parlor. Services will be held at the Knoxville Christian Church, the Rev. David Elson of Abingdon presiding. Burial in the Knoxville Cemetery.
He was intoxicated on Saturday evening Jan. 10. A good-natured and kind-hearted man when sober, he had a terrible craving for liquer and when drunk, hard to control. He was arrested by the city marshall Saturday night. About midnight he arose and knocked the poorly secured stove full of blazing coals over. His clothes were ignited, and following this, the struggle in which he managed to take off every stitch of his clothes. In his befuddled and exhausted state he lay on the floor for hours. His screams were heard by Mrs. Charles Whiting late Sunday forenoon and she apprised the marshall of it. When the blankets were lifted they discovered he was naked and that he was both burned and frozen. Mrs. Whiting had him carried to her part of the structure and gave him extreme kindness.
He was born 9 Oct 1862 in Warren County, near Cameron, the son of James and Sarah Jane (Lucas) Means. His youth was spent near the old farm home and in August 1884 he married Emily Peterson in Cameron. Following marriage they moved to Ashland, Neb. and returned two years later to Knoxville, where they since resided on a farm just south of the Knoxville city limits.
Survivors include his wife and six children, living at the home place: Roy, Viola, Belle, Pansye May, Frances, and Alta Means. Two brothers and two sisters also survive: George Means of Knoxville, James Means of Abingdon, Mrs. Ida Sickman of Abingdon, and Mrs. Belle Jones of Ord, Neb. One brother Erastus Means and one sister Mrs. Lucy Moore are deceased.
He was at one time member of the Cameron Christian Church. The remains will be taken to Kimber and West parlor. Services will be held at the Knoxville Christian Church, the Rev. David Elson of Abingdon presiding. Burial in the Knoxville Cemetery.
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