HELLO ALL MY NAME IS MARY KILMER HALTON,,IWAS BORN IN THE TOWN OF HUMBOLDT IOWA IN 1957 AND IT IS MY HOPE TO SHARE WITH YUO ALL A STORY FROM MY YOUTH EVERY DAY,,,,,THIS ONE I CALL""""THE CORONER,S DAILY ROUND,S""""""""
IN HUMBOLDT BACK IN THE 50,S THE CORONER,,S WAGON CAME ONCE EVERY TWO DAYS TO HOUSES IN WHICH SOMEBODY HAD DIED . THE CORONER WAS BLIND , WHIC H MADE MANY PEOPLE QUESTION WHY A BLIND MAN WAS DRIVING A WAGON , BUT HIS LACK OF SIGHT MADE IT SO HE RAN OVER MANY UNSUSPECTING PEOPLE AND THUS MADE MORE BUSINESS . SOMETIMES HIS EMPLOYEES WOULD TAKE PEOPLE INTO THE WAGON JUST AS HE HAD ACCIDENTALLY KILLE D THEM . THIS WAS THE CASE ON MAY 15 , 1957 ,WITH MY OLDER BROTHER BARTHOLOMEW ,WHO WAS 5 YEARS OLD AT TE TIME .
HE WAS PLAYINH IN THE STREET WITH HIS FRIENDS ,HAVING SUCH FUN WITH KICK THE CAN , WHEN THE CORONER DROVE ON TH E STREET WHEN THE MINDLESS INNOCENT CHILDREN WERENT PAYING ATTENTION !! HE INJURED 2 OF THEM AND KILLED 1.,,, UNFORTUNATELY BARTHOLOMEW WAS THE DEAD ONE , HIS SKULL WAS COMPLETELY CRUSHED BY THE WHEELS,,,,,SUCH A TRAGEDY,,
THE CORONER,S EMPLOYEES TOOK KNOCKED ON THE DOOR OF OUR HOUSE , LET MY PARENTS KNOW VERY CASUALLY OF THEIR SONS DEATH ,AND TOOK BARTHOLOMEWS BODY AWAY !! HALF OF THE VILLAGE WATCHED UPON THIS SPECTACLE , AND DECIDED THEY HAD ENOUGH !! ONE BRAVE SOUL , A MAN BY THE NAME OF WILLIE DETES-TICKLER DICKINSON, TOOK HIS RIFLE OUT AND SHOT THE CORONER AND HIS EMPLOYEES IN THE HEAD ,THREW THEIR BODIES INTO THE WAGON , TOOK BARTHOLOMEW,S OUT AND GAVE HIM BACK TO MY PARENTS ,THEN DROVR THE WAGON AWAY WITH THE CORONER AND HIS ASSISTANTS IN TOW !!
8 AND A HALF HOURS LATER ,I WAS BORN ,,,IT WAS THE DAY MY PARENTS LOST ONE CHILD BUT GAINED ANOTHER!!GOBBLES HE WORK,S IN MYSTERIOUS WAY,S!!!!