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Ill *»f lOWDMon-iowuor.oe iu will anty.i the mer-l. Anewi. lore en inno W3 OX SB BO■d*y.iver,thewillerianadayd by adayna.WB3»ooe H.UCBl.dilor od in L. Jiarobu| inaguctlc attraction.All the Magnetic * -aclli in till* I neighborhood arc either or ,! negative. Odd attracts; thr other repels.Two tramp* paa.\lng along the road * jutt nbar? Donnelly's a few nights ago j took ret age under n bunch of ibis , cactus.One of ibe men was at once drawn up to and impaled on the sharp blades of the cactus, while its octopua-Hke arms folded around him crushing him through and into the cactus, where bis blood, flesh and bones turned into a pulp very much like ordinary mucilage, which trickled out slowly from the aperture made by the passing in of theman’s body.The cactus loses its magnetic power while it ia digesting iu victim. Bo we were enable to look at this wonderful yet gruesome sight and report these particulars.Our party consisted of some of the best known and most responsible clli-zena of Pinal county—James Elder, a well-known mining man of Riverside, and Clay lloekett, now of Florence; A * F. Barker, W. Y. Price, ex-DistrlctAttorney Solffen, Wm. Truman, John Keating, Geo. Truman, Tom Peyton, Pete Brady and Lem Drais.The body of the other tramp waa repelled by the negative cactus and thrown about one hundred feet distant against a positive magnetic cactus where it underwent a similar process to the one just described.We left the sickening scene with sad hearts and with nothing to identify the victims. After nn* fnwt before a great itorua the attractive or repellent power of thu cactus Is Indescribable Calves, birds and young colU are at-tract**!, impaled, drawn io and quickly Converted by the digestive j'tiers of the cactus into the thick muuilagenuu*' aubataneu juit described.There is very little travel through this wild section of Arizona, or this species of cactii would bare been written about sooner.Yours truly,Jo* Mcluatton.w,railW M IuornunmatBatat dthewillTblincldandiesMilM Tbi nev ahu dec. a ( lea' mai Tbi mu: conMRejearnWthinChaTproCOVltoriIndtenodvresi•fatclotwhl la, I lbs indl In 1
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Florence Tribune
Florence, Arizona, US
Sat, Feb 11, 1899
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