, 1866-04-04
BURNED ALIVE.
The Vast Lake Street Firs-.-THo
Bodies Found In the RQins"-.
-Sleepfns In StAhles.'

A shocking occurrence took placs yesterday
morning IN connection with the hre IN fteula on
West Lake e,reet, an sccount OF which Appe4red IN
our i.rue Of yesterday. We alluded in onr reppsl
to The fact that man and lille girl who slept In
the GrPer pan Of The barn. we1n thought 10 have
been Emotbereo Or burned 10 desth. Owins to The
latcpess Of The hour # vas impossible 10 :eaIn
wheth1 there WIS any stfunE Foundation Ior the
1uno,- Ea1ty In the DAY, when the flames were
npally subdued, the truth Was revealed that Two
human be1ngs had dled cruel and aeonisioE death.
The bodies of m old man. named Heinrich Boehler
tn. Mary boeh1er, child Of thifteen were discoy
cred tn the lott, at eotle d. tance apart from each
other, horribly burned sod O1.ckensd:
rear Of the FarEaers' Hotel. No Isl Vet Lake
street, Of Which establishment It forms part. The
hotel, or boarding house IL kept By Henry Sochlt,
The tane man who occupied as boarding hoQse.
the adjoining hnildtng. No. 1as At the Tine when
tiz men were sunocated b{ IN e7cape OF gas tn the
noscd to hIe present location Where h. carries
the came bnsiness In connection With saloon. We
took occasion Al the time Of thsi ia'al occurrence
whseh we've occupied 81 soehles boar
den. His new establishment, u one
particular at 'east. does not exhibit Il
nos his eearac1. sre aeeon@odstea NJ % N t5e @ soass
| We do not Wish to Know, but the barn which the
old man and his child, who were IN some way coz
/ y
meal. WEE scarcely fitted as hahitalion tos any
| human ura1urc. You ascend a narrow ettiE,ase
from the e1aiie, where nine horses and TWO cows
were kept: 70 Nre.ehed looking lon. in one cor
ner Of which, and almost touchin. the .lopins roof
| Of The barn. wns placed bed. Here the old man
and LIE child tlept al night, rea.hius the hot o
horses aud two CONS below. The stable
door VII of cou,se kept locked. 50 that eere*s
~ 2 snsssa Ss T. eays es2
| called by the boYs In that yictuitF who were Ii
the hao1t o1 acadn. the old man when he appeared
9n ne @ efzeet i Mas " smplo{sd e = whitsWashcr IL
| nfftcd to tI>cp In the w1etcbed hotel LIS little
glrl ~AE hit only companion, and tbs two ocrupied
\ The two had retired 10 bed early On Nond,y
tire broke Ont boy heard tie screams Of ite
W,naeW I 10 @ pnssi open @ ,Se H ssss = "a
ladder was procured, but before any one could as
cend 10 the rescue oi The unhappy inmates, The
md 1se screams were is,s9es ioEssg9 s,soeaa LANES
a :h.sslv spcrtacle w4< present,a when daylight
appeared. Amid the debris caused By the couaa.
winch had somehow got into the same stall. Al
the head Of the naTIw stairway lay the body Of
BoeDles. dreatfu11y mutlated. The face being qu,e
and IN ibe position in which Inc body WIS found
conveyed tie impression that he ind made despe
rate rush for The deor, bnt h:d been tuddenly suo
| cated By a blaet Of eraoke from below The glr
was lying With her feet towards one Of the windoxs
ae II the ht ad had fallen or been struck backwards
E.eape might have been easy Ind the windows bee1
open, tle distance 70 tbe sround Mss tncons1dcr
able. The bodies were left cxpoaed
for eeveral toura 10 the gaze O
Ia perfect crowd Of WOMEN. and GIRL.
and hoyf, whose determination 10 obtain
view OF lhe horrible scene were not tnteftcfed w7tt
by either the police or the proprietor Of the hotel
All the forenoon the alley was be.le.;ed by mol
composed principally OF women. come Of Nhoa
were seen to ASCEND the ladder for the purpose O.
gratifying their curiosity By 1ook 1t the poor nu
t1lated figures over winch no covering had bee7
throNn- O.he& took lhel< Itt1e ones into tho barn
| unprecedented by the policemen who were placed Il
charge, II fone interesting curiosity, instructive
| 10 the e.et o! childhood, were On exhfhiupn with
IN, and The little uychins who were wont to teas,
l and annoy ihr old Han while IN life. came to TAX
last l,eep at hit retins. A delectab;e Vision tru
IT, fof the crcs Of Innocence TO feast upon, and q
, | exceedingly humme procedure on the part Of tn
: proprietor Of the house and hi. ne1ghbors wh
were bnsy In The oisc1ssou Of lager bres. while III
tao fo1sakcn corpkes lay ne much uucsred for ns
!, | they dese7td no more human PLY or Tenderness
than the crcasses Of the cattle In the stable belo'
. | them. .. ....
co1one, WAGNER held IN Inquest on the bodies
the forenoon, when the Jury returned verdict III,
, the deceated. Henry Boeh!er and Mary Boehle
!. \ CANE to their death b. burning.
= The fire il said to have been the work Of an II
ceedIasy, ard The u,alt11 u now under tusettigauo
! by tnt pplCt.