Dudley Dooley Dead

Dudley Dooley, aged 49, died at his home in Stoutsville Friday.   
Twenty years ago, during a 4th of July celebration, a dynamite cap 
exploded in his hand tearing off several fingers, injuring his eyes so 
badly that he finally went blind, inflicting injury on the neck that 
grew into a cancer which caused his death.  He was a splendid physical 
specimen when the accident occurred but had been a pitiable wreck of a 
man since. (Source: Paris Mercury dtd 26 April 1929)

Dudley Dooley

Dudley Dooley, about 50 years old, died at the home of his brother, 
Bell Dooley, in Stoutsville, Saturday, of cancer.  The funeral was held 
at Stoutsville, Sunday, and burial was made in the Hardwick cemetery.  
He is survived by his brother, and one sister, Theodosia.  Dooley had 
been a hopeless cripple for years.  About twenty years ago, an 
explosion of dynamite blew off one arm, mutilated his other hand, and 
so seriously injuring his eyes that he went completely blind.  Since 
then he has lived with his brother. (Source: Monroe County Appeal dtd 
26 Apr 1929)


Submitted by: Debra Branigan of St. Inigoes, MD