Have you ever walked around the cemeteries of New York reading the old tombstone inscriptions? Well, if that’s not your thing, we’re here to point you in the direction of George Spencer Millet’s grave in Woodlawn Cemetery, which tells a tragic and unusual story. His headstone reads: “Lost life by stab in falling on ink eraser, evading six young women trying to give him birthday kisses in office of Metropolitan Life Building.” This happened the day after Valentine’s day, on February 15th, 1909—which also happened to be his 15th birthday. And to clarify, an ink eraser is not an eraser, it’s more like a knife.
Click through for copies of the news reports of the story—totally bizarre.
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lightsinsidemyarm reblogged this from meghanconrad and added:
I’m not sure what’s more bizarre—the cause of death, or the epitaph. Fifteen was hell for me too, but not like that.
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