Athens Messenger in Athens, Ohio

Buck Fanshaw’s Death and a Miner’s Requiem in Jest

The tale recalls Buck Fanshaw a respected miner and saloon owner whose life spanned fire service politics and companionship. In a delirium of typhoid he died after arsenic, self harm, and a fall, prompting a public funeral and a comic clergyman’s fundraising as Scotty Briggs presses for a gospel sharp to ease the debt.