St. Clair County IL Archives News.....A Political Rioter with a Sword Blade in his Back 1860
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The Daily Dispatch, Nov 13, 1860 1860
During the election riot at Illinois-town, Ill., a man named John Denoar was 
stabbed in the back with a sword-cane.--The weapon was driven in about midway 
of the spinal column, and then broken off within about two inches of the body. 
It was found impossible to extract the weapon, and Denoar was conveyed from 
Illinois-town to the Health Office. A physician was called in, and endeavored 
to pull out the weapon with a small pair of forceps or pincers. He applied the 
pincers some half a dozen times, and pulled with all the strength he could 
command, but so firmly was the steel transfixed in the bone that the pincers 
invariably slipped off, and the "claws" finally became injured in such a 
manner that the pincers were rendered useless. The Doctor endeavored to loosen 
the weapon in a variety of ways, but to no purpose. It had been driven in with 
so much force that it was even more strongly transfixed in the bone than a 
nail driven into a stick of wood. Dr. Smith finally procured a pair of 
shoemaker's nippers and made another effort. After one or two trials he 
succeeded in securing a good "purchase" upon the weapon and extracted it. It 
measured in all five inches--three inches of which had penetrated the spinal 
column, and there remained firmly imbedded for twelve or fourteen hours. 


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