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ClIANT DRINKS POISON AND DIESKnocks Down Mun After Man, ThenSmilingly Drinks Fatal Poison.With a bottle of carbolic acid in one hand, Daniel Burnett, an Alton giant, battled with a crowd in a saloon the other night. When he had vanquished all his opponents the desperate .man stood in the midst of his prostrate foes and drank the poison. He died three hours later. Burnett was more than 6 feet tall and was known as the strongest man in the city. On a recent day he had some trouble at home and toward sundown went to a saloon. He drank several glasses of beer and then took the bottle containing carbolic acid from his pocket. “Here's looking at you,” he said to the men about the bar. Before he could put the bottle to his lips his arms were seized by Harry Flake and Owen Voyles. Putting his finger over the open bottle to keep the acid from pouring out, Burnett with one hand pushed aside the two men. Others came to the assistance of the two, but Burnett hurled them away from him. When the last of the menin the barroom had been knocked down Burnett smilingly drank the contents of the bottle. Burnett was employed in the Alton glass works. He is survived by a widow and two children. He was 32 years old.
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Ashton Gazette
Ashton, Illinois, US
Thu, Feb 10, 1910
Page 3
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