Jeremy Clay, The
Burglar Caught By a Skeleton and Other Singular Tales from the Victorian Press (London:
Icon Books, 2013), p. 221.
A Foolish Election Wager
Anderson (Indiana), Monday: An unfortunate election
enthusiast here will probably die in consequence of a foolish bet. He wagered
that if Mr Cleveland carried the State he would swallow a live turtle, and has
honestly done so, the specimen being small but lively. Now it refuses to
digest, or even to die, and it is causing the man frightful agony besides. The
doctors are trying to dislodge or kill it, but without success. – The Western Mail, Cardiff, November 15,
1892
Chad Lewis, Hidden
Headlines of Wisconsin (Eau Claire, WI: Unexplained Research Publishing
Company, 2007), p. 89.
Turtle in Stomach
Eau Claire Man Complained of
Pains With Good Cause
EAU CLAIRE – A snapping turtle three inches long from
the tip of the tail to the tip of the nose, was vomited by a man who came to
Dr. J. H. Noble complaining of pains. He supposed the patient swallowed the
turtle when it was very small. – Milwaukee
Journal, June 5, 1901