Being a good ole Yankee boy he probably did.
Then there was the true story of the 'merican' black powder shooter who had several barrels of black powder, one with the lid off, in his basement sitting right next to where he reloaded. He had the unfortunate habit of smoking a cigar at the same time. A buddy had tried to tell him numerous times that he was walking the plank.
Of course the inevitable happened and his house was completely destroyed plus his neighbour's place severely damaged in the blast. They didn't find any trace of him so he was unable to sue anyone.
As Einstein once said, "there are only two things that are infinite, the universe and human stupidity and I'm not too sure about the former".
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