, 1879-08-23

Deputy C0foneF sawyer held M inquest NJ
No. i37 Dearborn ayenuc yesterday morning on
The body Of Charles ". Kric;h, who died at the
County Hospital Thursday. The Jury Was
composed Of Volnc5 &. Turner, Clark uc!o
Jacob Rel,m, ". o. Osgood, D. K. Mfgnault,
aii,l II. IL. 1toss.
Policeman Hickey testified that he found n
taan lying on tic sidawn1it at the corner OF
Randolph and Market streets at 40 Wednes-
dag afternoon. rl,cru was crowd uround him,
and several persunk said they kaw Him stagger
md fall backward. No one knew htm. The
ntliecr spoke to hlEu with vlcw OF learning hts
nan,e atil residcnce, but he was inscnalblc.
Surprising he was Intoxicated, illckov got
IN c1prcsswagn1l, md took him tn thu laErt-
son-St1ect Station. lie noticed sons blood OH
tue back purt ot thu head, but thought nothing
~ u ".,runS." 1t i o'ciocis Thursday moruins
wtturaa went 10 tllc sutton To "appcar against
his prisoner" und then learned tint lc was
still unconscious. So he tonk bin, to the Goan-
ly.llospltaf. In one pockct was found small
TINT 1t cutnu from 1luuper's drugstore. On
going there be found Tint the prescription lntl
l,ccn put IN for Slr. krIegl, ul.i that The liquid
WA q remedy fur diarFt4ca. lie Judged from
the btuPor only ll.at tho nan was drum
Mr. E1win r krcgh, b!otl'er, Of the de-
censcd, trssitle.l lint he Hnw bin, "Wednesday d
wcek ago At. h!s twl.ness) hounc. aud he:thcn
soa!alnsd q nun f. i s bowels; ; DECEASED
II la ever lnd another It would XIII him. He
weighed LIS or l6sl rullstls.
Mr.. IIoopsr tt.tIea that tlIe bottle contains
I'd cavslcus1n, laniauam, etc,-a remedy ioF
LtarrhcR. jt Ali ttA contents had been A"Al-
lowed, life would not be- endangered,
ueorge ". krlegh, n COUSIN, testified with
reference to the apoplccttc lit In May, which. he
understood, was tile second ono leerascd had
Ind
Dr.. Sawyer Justified that death Wns causcd by
fl,e fru1turc uf ille skull md iukeF-crania ham
| orrhagc.
Tile Jury, nfter lev moments del[beratlon,
| returned ttle following verdict:
That thu 1a,tl Charles v. KrieRh cana 10 his
death at ths County Hospital from fracture OF ils
tknll. caased BY fall a!son tho sidewalk Al the
sStssr o. .ndp '4 ND Market :ttests Aas e.
| induced by stroke Of ap0plexy.
There wns nothing w1latevnr to show that Mr.
Krtegh cnnInitied suicide. and tile aesunptiunl
to ils1t cifect arc entirely without foundation.
Tie eyfdeurc In thld case shows clearly tho
Mr. krscEa was not murdered BY thu police, Gu
1t shows what most peuple will cohbiier grpa
indifference Or hrars!uksncss In looking attc1
tile conlit!u'l, not of prisoners, hut Of all per
10 tho station h!Inniy for that ronson, nhd be
cause iheir identity IL unknown. In this catr
and also ln t!lat u the man bische, given above
h otilssrt of 1s A'q5y ,ss'n e !o, hssu sen
ifssturua insaas xiii @ from Wcauelay @ Afternoon @
unltl 7hurnday forenoon without tin
Wait os doctor, although trnccs Of hoM ha.
bccn Hotteed upon hH head, Or without my ut
tempt on tho part Of thu Ut,lcers to seq wlla
was tlIu matter. l,ische lay upon the floor U
bts cell with his faeu an hs ha,lt!s,-ths oalccr
know tlo VAS not drunk, and yut no onu seenl'
to hayu taken itltc1est enuugh !n his condition
to hnsl 0ut what wuH wrong with him, uHr IL Il
yet sattsfactUsily ascHrtalIed how Als skull wa
fractured. it would certanIy seom thu
In auch case4. "a tt.ess, 10 atrlk
lug when two Of them happen on TIL
satnu tiay, that tlle oseurs In charge tntgi,
properly exercise little humanity, a,lu tllereD.
rclsuya themselves Of much suspicion which mus
otherwise necessarily astach 10 them.
Elh1lgo Is tl!e only city uf my size that l,a
ITO police susgeon to l0Dk after unknown scl
ulut wounded prrsuns picked up otl tho htrcet
4 physician whose who'll tttne ID devoted to tli
work Is certainly necdcd. fur whcn doctor /
now sent for IN an emergency hours souletlme
clause buiurs one comes. Il IL 10 purt ot u,
duly ol .ilu titr Physician 10 uttcud T.
such cnkts, although he Often does T.
wien at !elsuse, but IFS thus in mainly given
h1s private prartice. III the "rotorn,atioun q
li!a Department., Mayor Harrison should co,
! st!er thh suggestion.