He Started down in the well he Said a little smoke down here I said Come he Said no let me down I went to See why that thing did not Shoot He Said Send down bucket and tools I did Said he found it. I Started off he Said you will have to take me out I said get in the bucket he no[?] Said Several times my wife told him to he fell and breathed loud and Said oh Lordy he breathed on and died in about a half hour

the cause of his death Asphyxiation caused by Carbonic Acid Gas in the well