Killed Because of "Funnys"

 

Killed Because of "Funnys" 

CHISHOLM, Minn., Oct. 12. --Because, friends say, he believed the 'funny' sections of the Sunday papers were drawn for the purpose of making him a subject of ridicule, Charles Marila committed suicide here by blowing himself up with a huge charge of dynamite.

--Wenatchee Daily World, Oct. 12, 1916

Bezango: Big Boom!

Olympia Power & Light, May 4-17, 2011.

A photo of my cousin, Patty, back in the 1960s. She was visiting us from Vancouver, Washington and we set her up on the tractor. In the background to the right is the hill where the dynamite was planted. Patty is sitting not far from where the huge piece of wood landed. This should give you an idea just how far that chunk of the stump sailed through the air.