The James T. Callow Folklore Archive

FRATERNITY PLEDGE DIES

THE MEMBERS OF A FRATERNITY, AS PART OF THE INITIATION, HAD A
PLEDGE PLACED ON THE TOP OF A LADDER. TELLING HIM HE WAS ATOP
A 10-STORY BUILDING, THEY PUSHED HIM OFF. THE PLEDGE DIED OF
FRIGHT.

Submitter comment: HE SAID THAT HE SAW THIS IN A NEWSPAPER.

Where learned: MICHIGAN ; UNIVERSITY OF DETROIT ; DETROIT