From: KyArchives Sent: Sunday, January 26, 2014 2:11 PM To: Ky-Footsteps Subject: Melton.Laura.And.Jennie.1897.Unknown.OBIT Laura and Jennie Melton June 1897 Magoffin County KyArchives Obituaries The Daily Herald - Quincy, Illinois - Jun 25, 1897 FATAL GAME OF HIDE AND SEEK Two Little Tots Smothered To Death in a Trunk Bradley, Ky., June 25 -- Laura and Jennie, aged 7 and 5 years, respectively, daughters of Joseph and Lucy Melton, were playing "hide and seek" with three other little girls of the neighborhood, and during the pastime the little sisters had entered the cellar. Seeing a large, old fashioned trunk, they raised the lid and jumped inside, when the top fell and closed with a tight spring lock. Two of their playmates had hidden beneath a ded in an upper room. THe remaining tot, who was acting as spy, soon found the other girls, but all searched for Laura and Jennie proved fruitless. Both parents were visiting at a neighbor's and did not return until the children had been immured for three hours. A search was instituted, but almost another hour elapsed before the father thought of the old trunk, and when at length it was opened both children were found locked in each other's arms, having been smothered to death. Submitted by: Kathy Stinson findingthepast@comcast.net This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.net/kyfiles/