George Evans obit

Contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives 4/25/01

************************************************************************
USGENWEB ARCHIVES NOTICE:  These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in
any format for profit or presentation by any other organization or
persons.  Persons or organizations desiring to use this material,
must obtain the written consent of the contributor, or the legal
representative of the submitter, and contact the listed USGenWeb
archivist with proof of this consent. The submitter has given permission
to the USGenWeb Archives to store the file permanently for free access.

http://www.usgenwebarchives.org
************************************************************************

From the Seattle Post Intelligencer, Saturday, March 2, 1895, p.8, c. 5
__________________________
KILLED BY A DOUBLE-NELSON.

Tragic Death of a Miner Caused by a Wrestling Match.

  George Evans, the white miner who died at Franklin Tuesday night as the
outcome of a wrestling bout the Sunday evening previous, came to his end in a
very peculiar manner.  No blame attaches to Orlando Evans, commonly called
John Williams, who had a double Nelson on George Evans when the accident
occurred.

  Coroner Askam's investigation showed that Evans, who weighed 135 to 140
pounds, boasted of his strength when drinking.  On Sunday evening, in the
company's saloon, he boasted that he could break a double Nelson of any man
present.  Williams, who weighs about 175 pounds, took him up, and after three
ineffectual attempts to break the lock Evans complained of being hurt and was
placed in a chair.  Later he was taken home, and told his wife that no one
was to blame for his injuries.  He died after forty-eight hours of suffering,
and the decision of the coroner was that death was due to a fracture of the
spinal column.  Evans leaves a wife and four children in destitute
circumstances.  Mrs. Evans will soon be a mother again.  The funeral services
were held at Franklin yesterday afternoon.