George Howell
Arizona Republican Newspaper
September 8, 1895

The Associated press contains the news of the peculiar death of 
George Howell, who was formerly well known in Tombstone in early 
days. Howell was a good mechanic and worked in the Grand Central.  
He was married in Florida, his former home and lived in Tombstone
 until 1889.  Himslef and family moved to El Paso where his wife 
died. He has since lived in Jacksonville Florida and the following 
tells of his untimely death.

George Howell died in the hospital yesterday from starvation.  
He starved because of his inability to swallow food.  Not even 
a drop of water passed into his stomach for ten days. On August 
16, Howell was eating a peach when accidentally he swallowed 
the pit, which lodged in his gullet.  From that day until he 
died he suffered untold agonies from hunger and thirst and 
gradually wasted away until he was a mere skeleton.  He begged 
for food and when given two him it was ejected immediately.  

After the man died the surgeons performed an autopsy and 
removed part of the esophagus.  The pit had turned crosswise 
in its passage to the stomach and the sharp end had penetrated 
the esophagus, clinging so firmly that it could not be removed.

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