The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1876-07-07
SHOCKING ACCIDENT.
Terrible Fate of Louise Hawthorne, the
WelI-Known and Popular Actress. She
Falls from the sixth story Of the fremont
House and Is Instantly Killed.

Terrible Fate of Louise Hawthorne, the
well-Known and Popular Actress She
Falls from the sixth story of the fremont
House and Is Instantly Killed.
[From the Chicago Journal
A most distressing and fatal accident
happened at the fremont House, early
this morning, winch resulted in the in
Simultaneous death of the popular actress,
Louise Hawthorne.
At about o'clock this morning the
elevator boy drowsily responded to the
bell, which called him to the sixth story
of the fremont House. On arriving at
the landing, he was surprised at finding
nobody there. But to make sure of this
fact, and to prevent n second trip, he
opened the door and looked around the
corridor, to see il the passenger was not
sitting there or had stepped into some
room to await the arrival of the car. He
went around the corner on the Dearborn
street side and found door open but
nobody was inside. He went all through
the apartment, but no one was there.
The window of the sitting room and bath
room were open. Disappointed III find
ing his passenger, the elevator boy went
down to report to the office.
There is a court in the center of the
fremont House, as in most other large
blocks, for the admission of light to the
inside rooms of the hotel.
The bottom of the court is on level
with the basement floor of the hotel.
In the central portion there are two
small rooms constructed which reach to
the heighth of the first story. All the
remaining portion of the court is COW
cred with a hard asphalt and brick pave
ment. There is walk of this material
along the west side of the court, which
separates one of the low structures above
referred to fror. vne main building by
a distance of six feet. just as the
elevator had assembled in response to the
ring, the night clerk, Mr.. Shaffer, heard
something fall out into this conrt. He
thought at the time that it must have
been trunk. Mr.. Eldridge was called,
and investigation instituted. The sur
prise OF the gentlemen can be imagined
when they found the mangled and lifeless
form of human being lying upon the
pavement. The body was so d1sfigured
that it was impossible to tell who it was.
The arrival of the elevator boy, and his
explanation of the empty room in the
sixth story, flashed the whole truth up
on them. 1t was the remains of Louise
Hawthorne. Nobody saw the frightful
fall. There seems, however, to be but
little doubt as to how it occurred. She
had been for long time past afflicted
with disease which required her to
constantly take medicine. When in
California, it is said, doctor gave her
a prescription which relieved, but it also
had the effect of making her dizzy after
taking it. II is supposed that after she
had rung for the elevator she felt one of
these turns coming on, and had stepped
to the window of her room to get a
breath of air, and, while leaning over the
eiil, lost her balance and went straight
Gown. head first, TO the basement of the
building, falling between the rotunda
and one of the small rooms erected in
the court. The upper part of her head
was crushed to q pulp, snd her neck,
right elbow and leg were broken. The
distance to look out upen, with the
thought of falling, is fearful. 1t is over
a hundred feet to the pavement below.
The only pleasant thought to be con-
nected with the whole accident is that
death must have been instantaneous, and
probably unforeseen, as she must have
been dizzy when she lost her balance.