The evening telegraph. [volume] (Philadelphia [Pa.]) 1864-1918, 1869-08-10
INQUEST,
The Death Of Joseph Birlinger-C Coroucr,s In
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This morning at 10 O'Clock Coroner Daniels held
an inquest upon the body OF Joseph Brlinper who
came TO his death 10y a fall from a window OF the
mouse NO. 10 South Tenth street, on Sunday morning
The evidence was as folows:-
Police Officer John Kirk About twenty minutes
standing at Tenth and Market trees o when pS e5h was vas
Rss was Is Rh Rm the
gns Of ME ne was re, ognized by the wife and daughter
the body body was was lying, as boartor in that house.
crowd standing Te, tn s'ro' below Market went there
to be dead at S @ @ sSss Sng Supposed % him
Iney knew me & man they ad he boarded in the
ocPS0Rsd P0RGo cit6T 9E the MAJ Map w. wa n ,ockod
The indo frn ST i4 tt ne examined the premises
%U pedi m IN tnS there was no sign Of scue in the
name '"' i"Uio'" OF 'ne mouse didn't know the mans
Joseph sehnel No. 10 s Testh street, sworn-I only
saw the deceased once tho night in question we went
to bed without knowing wnonnr deceased was in or
Knocking went down and s ~ n9 & street door
bis face was swollen and bloody and had only seen him
once ne came to my house the preceding Wednesday
in the room with him the bed far from the win
hau any conversation with the mani know nothing about
came to our house last Wednesday; he was brought
mere NE ana asked MN no q3"sons knew him to bs in
Ihe mouse, that IS all; don't know whether he was a
drinking man.
Samuel Harifcn sworn Live No 10 South Tenth street.
met the deceased sitting step Saturday night
could sec that he had been drinking: went down
Icnth street and had drinks; he got so tight that
could hardly got m aluns hc didn't know where he wa
ne said he wasn't in the street; finally he got homo
got him to his room, ant bade him GOODNIGHT nj the
door; didn't him set in bed; he was pretty drunk:
men on the pavement. have gone to the window
70 throw up something else and fallen OUT he couldn't
have been in bed long.
George Harrifer, Corroborated the prece ding
witness, and said that he in bed time the dc
ceased came home; he him supper that evening
knew nothing about the dcceaseds condition when he
came home.
William w. Fredericks sworn-Keep a cigar store No T
= Ienth street took the deceased to Mrs Schells
house met him on the wharf; him before
asked me to show him to boarding house; he said
was from Switzerland; that he had lately from
Trenton; he came To sorr day. and saying that
was short ofulOncy want ed to soil his watch
f. r. Earlesh sworn went TO bed about IL o'clock on
the night in UpsEtiOn to going bed had
gone to salCouwh the deceased and MIR Harifen and
got several IN nks; then went home and to bed
knew nothing then of thcucc1ent till awakened
Mr.. SChuel knocking for admission at door; didn't
hear the deceased come into the he had been
there his bed next to the window the deceased
had told me that he came from Trenton; | had never
noticed liquor on him before that night
DIR. Shapleigh sworn Made post norton examination
of the body the deceased the injuries such as one
there were marks abou the body indicating struggle
large clos of blood pressing the brain he came
his death from compression Of the brain.
The Jury rendered the following verdict -
That the said Joseph Birlinger came to his death
by accidentally falling from the third-stOry window
of the premises No. 10 South Tenth street.