Algonac, Mich., March 22.-Hours of torture, in which Mrs. Joseph Sears, 72 year old trapper, struggled against a muskrat trap which held her in two feet of mud and water were revealed with the finding of the woman’s body in the flats here. One of her own traps had snared her, and a boat, from which she was baiting it, tipped over and floated away.
    For at least five hours the woman floundered on the icy water and mud. To extricate herself she attemped to bite off her right wrist, near where the steel trap gripped her. Unable to stand upright nor lie prone, she maintained the stooping position until the cold air and icy water drove her into a frenzied fight in which she almost tore all her clothing from her back. So firm was the grip of the vise like trap that all her struggles only forced her deeper into the mire. Her body was half submerged in mud when found. Death was due to cold and exposure, the coroner’s office ruled.
Post a Comment