Noted Armless Man is Dead

John Fuchs, of Milltown, Who Hunted, Fished, and Rowed, Succumbs to Paralysis.

MILLTOWN, Jan. 5 – John Fuchs, the armless man of Milltown, died this morning at 8 o’clock. He was almost seventy-nine years of age. He was struck with paralysis on New Year’s Day and had been unconscious since. He leaves a younger brother, Michael Fuchs, of Highland Park, and his only child, Mrs. Katherine Kuhlthau, wife of the postmaster, with whom he had been living for many years.

Mr. Fuchs came from Germany some forty-one years ago and was soon employed in the old Meyer rubber grinding mill, which stood where the powerhouse now is. About a year after, both hands were drawn in between rollers; the left arm was pulled out at the socket and the right had to be cut off near the elbow.

A hook was fastened to this stump and with this, he has done marvelous things ever since. He shot four rabbits this December, one of them running. Fishing was a favorite sport each summer. For years he could be seen daily sculling his boat about the pond after the scaly inhabitants there.

Rev. W. T. Barny will have charge of the funeral services, the time of which is set for 2 o’clock Monday afternoon.