Abstract
Electric Shock Kills Pastor was the caption of a story in the New York Times of Feb. 20, 1942. The Rev. L. G. W. of a Long Island Universalist Church was found dead in his room the night before. According to information obtained from the office of the chief medical examiner of Nassau County he was found lying on the floor of his bedroom, fully clothed except for his coat. A metal electrode was on the back of his neck, slipped under the collar and held in place with a scarf. A wire led from the electrode to the radiator and was wired to the radiator. A rheostat was plugged in a wall socket, the handle of a violet ray machine was on the deceased's chest and a circular hollow piece of metal was in his left hand, as illustrated in the accompanying sketch. The pastor had complained of pain
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