The Somerset press. [volume] (Somerset, Ohio) 1873-1977, 1877-04-19
Mrs. Sfe,rart's Terrible Death.


[St Louis Republican,
A Republican reporter called last even =
ng on Mr.. Will S. Stewart (of the firm f
Of Derby & Day., who lost his wife by t.
the terrible catastrophe which has en-
yeloped our city in pail of mourning i
and unutterable misery. He was found Il
at the residence of Mr.. F. o. Day, on
Locust Street, and out of his anguish
was kind enough to weave a statement 6
of circumstances which preceded and i
the climax-to him and
his-of the unutterable horror. Wepre-
sent it as nearly as may be in his own
language:
We occupied room 375. on the fifth
floor of the hotel facing on Fifth Street.
About half-past one o'clock my wife
awok me with the remark that there were
loud voices on the street, and we got out OF
bed to ascertain the cause. We saw
smoke and the lurid glarein the sky, and
nv wife, with fearful presentment of
danger, exclaimed, "My God! the hotel
is on fire, and we must die" l imme-
diately opened the door leading into the
hall and found it filed with smoke, which
was so sufIocating, we tried to find our
way on our knees. Itwas impossible. After
a few steps my wife fell on her face, over
come, and had literally to drag her back |
into the room as best could. The win
dow was opened top and bottom, and SO
allowed the smoke to pass out. l then
suggested that we should dress ourselves,
hoping and expecting that rescue would
present itself from the outside. The
heat in the hall meanwhile broke the
glass in the transom, admitting large
volume of smoke. Mrs. Stewart became
suddenly wild-I may say frantic. Hope
seemed dead within her. The street be-
low was choked with people who could
see us plainly by the light in the room;
but from the sea of upturned faces there
came no suggestion of escape.
I made a rope of bed-clothing three
pairs of blankets, two sheets and coun-
terpane-and spliced them together in
knots which l deemed secure. 1t was OF
sufficient length to reach the ground, and,
as nv wife sat on the window sill, tied
one end of this rope to her waist, fasten-
ing the other end to the center-piece OF
the window-sash. How did feel? God
knows how. believed Twas letting her
. down to life and to stay there and die.
The smoke by this time, was down as
! low as our heads, and l proceeded in the
effort to lower her to the sidewalk. Her
last words to me were " let me down" /"
E 1 cried Goodbye, my dear forever" l
y believed she would be saved by the means
J, I had contrived, but 1 expected to be
f sufocated. I had not lowered hel
t more than six or eight feet, when she fell
from some cause almost incomprehensi.
o BILE to me. sat down stunned, to wait
e for death or until some relief might come
II heard shouts from the other side of the
" street. l went to the window. People
g were calling to me TO pull up the rope
g bed clothes which 1 thrown out whel
le my poor wife fell almost out of my arms
n. as it were. I did so, and found rop
a, attached. l put on glove to preven
te friction, threw my wife's diamonds, wit
!. five thousand dollars and jewelry, int
,s- e the middle of the bed, got out of tn
to of the window, adjusted my legs sailor
Id fashion around the rope, and slid dow
n n in safety to the sidewalk.
rt About half an hour elapsed betwee
ed nv wifes falling from the rope and m
lis reaching the ground. l found that sh
" had been taken to the St. James an
he from there she had been removed to MI
te- t Davis 'sboarding-house on Walnut Stree
of where she died in about three-hours ar
half. She was conscious only for
~ ~ moment to know me, and that about 6
ht, hour before her death. She showed !
on signs of broken limbs, although she fe
no no full sixty feet. She died from the horr
The of the shock and and internal injurie
ma
arm RUDOLPH FEUERsTEIN, painter
the trade, registered his name at a hotel
est Lawrence, Kansas, one night, and "
seq found dead in his bed the next mornir
was There was letter on the table in whi
es- everything was explained: "The cs
die gives no time for details. Val
the the stolen on the way from Dalton to Kan'
ere City, at L. and K. Junction, while e
nay ing supper. Tired living. Struck
"' streak of bad luck on March 11th, wh
leo. 1 was born. Another March l, 18
'o: .: when my father died. Another Maj
Late goth, valise stolen, and 1 hand in ]
Vm. checks this night, March "a to 25, 1S
laa iaa- if morphine bought at Kansas City
any account. am sorry can not
list my whole history; it would be wo
e1n e51s, twenty thousand dollars to somebod
but the time is over"
less The Pennsylvania Railroad, VIII
who astonishing success in breaking up
not 4: r A. t.N1oT NFou;<
With VI 'A
/ De is familiar to everybody, proposes tu
ing its attention to another great asst
: e"n on alton, the Brotherhood of Locomot
ton Engineers, and rid its road of all me-
bers belonging to it.
ofh- Thousands of Amdavifs.
SD Many having used "patent" and prepa
and medicines and failed in finding the re
ized. promised, are thereby prejudiced against
tber medicines. Is this right? Would you {
denim all physicians because one failed
bas giving the relief promised? Some &c
A. of California in search of gold, and after W.
The ing hard for months and finding none, ret
and home and say there is no gold there. Z
,JIv that prove it? Many suffering with Cats
g re- anu puInionaly a sntosiohs t: nave usea
last narke!, anu III thelr 0lsappoln14men nj
,ose prove it? Does it not rather prove that t
man have failed to employ the proper RENE
II There are thousands ofpeople in the I'm
NJ, States who can make an affidavit that