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Detroit Free Press
Tuesday, 8 November 1859

         An Awful Death - House Burned And A Man In It.
         
         The house of MICHAEL GILBERT, a German, three quarters
       of a mile west of Knight's Station in Riga, was burned
       down on the night of the 3d inst., and MR. GILBERT was
       consumed in it. MR. GILBERT was a widower and lived
       entirely alone in the house, taking his meals at his
       step-son's some eighty rods from his dwelling. He had
       been absent from the neighborhood for some time, until
       about two weeks since, and was supposed to be somewhat
       deranged. Nothing is known of the origin of the fire,
       as the destruction of the house was not known by the
       neighbors until the following morning, though MR. A. J.
       KNIGHT informs us that the light of the burning was
       seen at his place at about eleven o'clock in the night,
       no one mistrusting, however, that a house was burning.
       In the morning, when it was found that the house was
       consumed, it was at first suspected that GILBERT had
       gone away and left some fire in a careless way, which
       communicated to the building. Subsequential search in
       the ashes, however, led to the discovery of portions
       of human bones and a part of the entrails, including
       the stomach, leaving no doubt that the man was con-
       sumed with his house.
        - Adrian Watchtower, Nov. 5.
        
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