, 1879-08-23
The Wnv in Which Bosci1e's Skull
Was Fractured still I'm
known.
The Case OF Charles w. kriegh..-
Apoplexy the Primary
Cause.
4 Little More Thoughtfulnesa on Hu.
manity Needed at Police
Stations.


orcurrepro It Is seldom that the Chicago pa-
ners asu called upon to chronicle death from
s.lc CAUSE as stroke of lightning In or Hear
the city, al.l tile past summer has been marked
hy tary few ylstaioIs OF tho destructive 1tles-
scuecr The vtrtim In this case was Mrs. Ger
trule Mark, wolnnn Of II years OF age, and
we'll known ia l.akc Viow, whcro stie had run a
milk business for many ycars. Shs Was als IT.
dustrIous and frugal person. and the mother OF
4 la1Ea family, whom ahs supported by her own
exerlons.
About o'clock ycstcrsiny morning The Village
Of Lake View waa visited by heavy thunder
storm. Dark clouds blcw up from The north
wcat, gathering In deustty and angry blackness
md heayily charged with electricity. Fht clouds
broke In rain, accompanied by continued ttun-
der and flashes of forkel lightning. There rame
binding laah, and then Two tremendous @ 10, l'sa.e %
ono, md soon eubstded. but wathin bflel
<epace IL was learned that the lightning hatt
strucx tie house occupted hy ny Marx iami-
", and that tue mother lay dead there, slain By
Anasninsi,on nefx nasi Of the premises showed the
course Of the errntEc DESTROYER. The building
.ata,nls on the corner Of School street and sllef-
fo!d avenue. a short AlstaIce back from the
.road, and hundred feet or 80 from any other
residence. 1t IL a frame etructuroo 81 one-at,d.a-
,slalf stories and haseEncnt. the latter usca !nr
dstry purposes. In Tie rent Of tho main build
5ng Il one-story extension, with the basement
continued throughout.
.,aonthvett corner of The mnin building. This
-was completely. demolished, The bricks being
thrown several feet out Oh to tl'a lot. Thence
-xhoI, pahe'u wcrc d3acd tn inr rroilud. bcnt uul
,+tnrm ,ntn sbapeIessntss The doors OF tlc
.stngc ug We were 6urst ot,en, md the zlnc plate
,on which 1t stood WA torn up. Thy
a of fo.tca.d n e chSSpcy wns
.tmr,ta @ n1po tbro,,r, he front windows, boil,
1he rormor hciow thc chimney waa scrjuualY
s;a,naoeI' Inn honrde ioinr spllt into knl,ng,
1xnosl' @,n Some ui The clapboaris from .hr roof
iada% nn tho roof of bIrh harn forty feet In
9hn tkmusa roar W ~ ~ H. s hni,s, M ''''
att"r str.kiny IN. stove tho electric discharge
rn, pnsssn ~ tmrrs ,1accs Srs MarS VAS sttc
~ ~ .ahIr in tj,'. basement immediately hcnehth
~ w. .tue ssue ~ Wi ~ sas """ogci In srai,;InT milk
from metal pan. Tnrse holes wcru lotnd in
s.'s r.,,y. anJ a 1nutr inunrI snIinter hud hnnn
tnI ~ tr,,n, ior p;tirh xinml untier thr tsb}e.
Emr,i,ar th,n this trrc VIA uo tracc. tilr light
snrtner .nau i ,ts,dean ss i -. 70 ,ns, ''e
fortmnata woman on tic LETT eio Of hsv uctk
mud face. 10th we're blac!ienc!, and her l!alr
was atnged She fol hnckwarei. striking l'rs
heaa asM"st anu tc ft,' ~. ama vst1I
Ilrr son, Id If IL, WIS stundiur
ly t1e stove whrn tie b]aw fell,
ami was greatly terrified ny sl,s ilstg pieces Of
ntoye-uipc paatorl;g g an sfaaters itn .an. .usn,
i"at ~" ~ .itma 10 a. ano IL ,sr nil Vivian Ihry MIXED
}er M siis was dcad. Nr, Mark VA. iu led M
stairs aud was awakened BY tllr thunuer-craab.
lie found tlc room ll!en WITH smoke, ayh1lc
Sh'tbtels a.,a nt'fr ueG.ls eh,eTGI .ls "1''; t,;
airurE la I ,,nthrr "n{, wlrn hr 1rnrhnG thc
basutnant hy found hpr lying On The
ground ns st'o fell. Nntor wM tirown
OVER her, hut asl nttempts o. fcs,isetatlon .
taua am. "e"i Evuu, ~, IL. f"ra and nr
1hcre wsre no marks Of Lurnp, hui It was said
1hAt the llalrpi.ls In ,he wo,nan's hair wvrr
fund to bc hessed null tile handkerchief which
gho wore on hce hea1 wins burnt uni struggled.
Dupu:y Coroner Sawyer held an inqucst late III
TIL AFTERNOON, at'i thu Jury found verdict IN ae-
cDrtn1co with Glu foregoing facts. Much nyH-
patty il lc!t Tor Tie beTcnycd tu,utly, n1u Tic
cottage was rtsited during the slAy By II
great 1nauy rersups: No other member of thr
household Sustained Rny damage but the rscA{t
a foot ot tls stoys n,,i ihe place whrre ,lrr
lightning struck lie !oor of tic kitchen. Aside
from that already mentioned. no uIAss was
psokcu, nor was The furniture damaged ut all.
leo HASCItE.
An [nuuest wus hy!d OH tl.c body Of 1oe
DaBChe at thu County llospl1al Yeaie1oay ntsns
noun by the Corouer. Officer uub!ns, Ill.
lookup keeper ut the Arnory' stated tla1 tht
.ns" ,aa,>, ~, l.. r,,o ~ ,,,,. n,h, ,.l,a n,
wns locked up III QUO o. u'e 's"t ee''S. ~
was apparently out OF Ills ml'4d, Alto noth!'lt:
.autI continued crazy through the following day
rhur.dnv In Inv with bts fnra 4, lin h,mls ~
.+,.e en,r - ,na ri, T,rrr x,.I nm cl.rr
Ao Ao'i y. ."o te'' 49,. "as .....u. ~
49a4est h1s'' l'e ea'no " 'uo sta''"n 'o'uos"s's
lie bNid he Gane from Cincinnati Week Az
Tuesday, n,ui had no friends hero, llo elaine.
80. ~. L., .t.,.s - :. ..,.a. .,,x. ,,.., ,.,
uat he nau eothHitteo n'nFoe1 1"t9e' "'o "o
to lU hung that AFTERNOON. UJtltcr GubDus EN-
,v, .irns tof nny wm1nd uut,u tim r,nu a
"u ''s'o ~ @"I "1 po" - r1'..t.
~ p''u' ~ @ w. w.. ".,. ..'s''
e@lleo Ao at'unA'"" "a NV e'aloA."svpo -"
In Ills coNuItioA ho 1A6 htGt u tAe Lhuhty llot
pitul. Ile had wild alld sasticss expression i
his eyes, n,1tl ,yoaned n,ltl nuitered continual
xhIin iyius on the aoor of tl.u coil.
UIIrrr funrs statuti to the Corouer ,Iut " he
tllu dcceaseti was pIae.,d iu t.e Wasun to be ven
Il, lhu hospitul hr nut his hut Oh hLa ,luaI u.l
thrn nutirul ttlc Yuuuu there. I!a Haa unc.C
stios wien tallen away from tho Stallion, na.1
according 10 ti,u statements Of tho turnkpr, ia
same lI1lls previous,